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

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 logging”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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 it throws errors on current PHP, whether the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

User IP and Location shows at wp.org #6 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 3K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.2★ average from 9 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 #8 on merit, 4.9★ from 8869 reviews, but shows at wp.org #15. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WP Mail Logging 300K+ · 4.7★ (375) wp.org #1 2 Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security 5M+ · 4.7★ (5039) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Advanced IP Blocker 3K+ · 4.9★ (27) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 IP Location Block 10K+ · 4.5★ (35) wp.org #4 5 Check & Log Email – Easy Email Testing & Mail logging 90K+ · 4.8★ (292) wp.org #5 ↑1 6 Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile 200K+ · 4.7★ (262) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 Simple History – Track, Log, and Audit WordPress Changes 300K+ · 4.9★ (491) wp.org #12 5 too low 8 Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) 3M+ · 4.9★ (8869) wp.org #15 ↓1 7 too low 9 Redirection 2M+ · 4.4★ (703) wp.org #9 10 All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall 1M+ · 4.7★ (1720) wp.org #13 3 too low 11 WP Activity Log 300K+ · 4.7★ (490) wp.org #18 ↑1 7 too low 12 I IP Based Login 500+ · 4.9★ (23) wp.org #8 4 too high 13 SEO Redirection Plugin – 301 Redirect Manager 10K+ · 4.3★ (73) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal 40K+ · 4.8★ (397) wp.org #21 ↓1 7 too low 15 Stop User Enumeration 60K+ · 4.9★ (132) wp.org #23 ↓2 8 too low 16 Easy MCP AI – Connect Claude to WordPress: MCP Server for ChatGPT & AI Agents 30K+ · 4.9★ (16) wp.org #10 6 too high 17 Loginizer 1M+ · 4.8★ (1033) wp.org #22 ↑1 5 too low 18 User IP and Location 3K+ · 4.2★ (9) wp.org #6 ↓1 12 too high 19 Login Lockdown & Protection 100K+ · 4.3★ (61) wp.org #17 ↓1 2 too high 20 W WP Photo Album Plus 10K+ · 4.7★ (199) wp.org #20 ↑3 21 GranTech IP Firewall for AbuseIPDB 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 ↑3 7 too high 22 alx ip statistic 70+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #19 ↓1 3 too high 23 Zaygl IP blocker and anti-DDoS 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #24 ↓2 1 too low 24 IP & Country Blocker Lite 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↓1 8 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.