wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “ip based redirection”

wp.org orders by popularity, so a plugin a host bundled onto millions of sites, or a big-brand one that's slow and mediocre, can sit at the top. Our ranking is built to answer a different question: which of these is actually worth installing. How this works →

For “ip based redirection”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 of the top 20.

wp.org search ranks on

Install count (uncapped), the raw star average, freshness, and support. Popularity dominates, so the biggest install base usually wins regardless of how it got there.

We add

A cap on the install boost, volume-weighted ratings, and signals wp.org can't see: whether the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

All In One Redirection shows at wp.org #5 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.4★ average from 11 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) places #3 on merit, 4.9★ from 8869 reviews, but shows at wp.org #7. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin signals wp.org

Redirection 2M+ · 4.4★ (703) wp.org #1 2

SEO Redirection Plugin – 301 Redirect Manager 10K+ · 4.3★ (73) wp.org #2 3

Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) 3M+ · 4.9★ (8869) wp.org #7 4 too low 4

404 to 301 – Redirect Manager, 301 Redirection, 404 Error Logs & 404 Monitoring 100K+ · 4.7★ (321) wp.org #6 2 too low 5

IP2Location Redirection 7K+ · 4.3★ (43) wp.org #3 2 too high 6

Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4962) wp.org #9 3 too low 7

CF7 Apps – Addons for Contact Form 7 (Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, etc.) 300K+ · 3.8★ (135) wp.org #4 3 too high 8

All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall 1M+ · 4.7★ (1720) wp.org #8 9

SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO 300K+ · 4.8★ (1268) wp.org #13 4 too low 10

Ultra Addons for Contact Form 7 60K+ · 4.8★ (108) wp.org #10 11

Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal 40K+ · 4.8★ (397) wp.org #15 4 too low 12

Simple Membership 40K+ · 4.6★ (475) wp.org #16 4 too low 13

Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads 300K+ · 4.9★ (2433) wp.org #23 10 too low 14

Simple History – Track, Log, and Audit WordPress Changes 300K+ · 4.9★ (491) wp.org #18 4 too low 15

Loginizer 1M+ · 4.8★ (1033) wp.org #17 2 too low 16

All In One Redirection 1K+ · 4.4★ (11) thin reviews wp.org #5 11 too high 17

IP2Location Country Blocker 30K+ · 4.1★ (128) wp.org #20 3 too low 18

Theme My Login 50K+ · 3.7★ (460) wp.org #22 4 too low 19

Password Protected 300K+ · 4.4★ (142) wp.org #21 2 too low 20

301 Redirects & 404 Error Log 30K+ · 4.6★ (28) wp.org #14 6 too high 21

All In One Login 60K+ · 3.6★ (35) wp.org #12 9 too high 22

Extensions For CF7 (Contact form 7 Database, Conditional Fields and Redirection) 5K+ · 4.9★ (8) thin reviews wp.org #11 11 too high 23

affiliate-toolkit – Multi-Network Affiliate & Amazon Product Display 2K+ · 4.5★ (22) thin reviews wp.org #24 1 too low 24

Royal MCP – Secure AI Connector for Claude, ChatGPT & any LLM via MCP 10K+ · 5.0★ (7) thin reviews wp.org #19 5 too high

Merit ranking caps the install boost at 1M (wp.org leaves it uncapped), replaces the raw star average with a volume-weighted Bayesian score and a Wilson lower bound, and keeps wp.org's own freshness and compatibility decays. Method from the plugin-directory source; see Meta Trac #8298. Positions are tracked daily from the first visit to a keyword, so the small arrows show movement since tracking began.