wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “jamstack”

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 “jamstack”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 of the top 20. 4 plugins are pushed down for signals wp.org ignores: errors, a host-installed base, or removal risk.

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

Lugath Translate shows at wp.org #9 but places #15 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its — installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin signals wp.org

Simply Static – The Static Site Generator 30K+ · 4.5★ (195) wp.org #1 2

FluentCart A New Era of eCommerce – Faster, Lighter, and Simpler 9K+ · 4.5★ (46) wp.org #2 3

Headless Mode 2K+ · 5.0★ (6) closure risk thin reviewsstale but ranked wp.org #4 1 too low 4

Add WPGraphql Send Mail 400+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviewslow rating, top placement wp.org #3 1 too high 5

WPGatsby 3K+ · 5.0★ (8) closure risk thin reviews wp.org #15 ↓2 10 too low 6

JAMstack Deployments 1K+ · 5.0★ (4) closure risk thin reviews wp.org #14 ↓2 6 too low 9

Statixly – Static Site Generator 10+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #6 3 too high 10

QuantCDN 100+ · 0.0★ (0) throws errorsnot PHP-current thin reviewslow rating, top placement wp.org #5 5 too high 11

ZeroPress Static — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #8 3 too high 12

Aouwal Static Site Export – Static Site Generator — · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #7 5 too high 13

Static JSON Export with CORS — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #10 ↓2 3 too high 14

Distan — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #11 ↓1 3 too high 15

Lugath Translate — · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #9 ↓2 6 too high 16

JAMStackPress — · 5.0★ (2) closure risk thin reviews wp.org #18 ↓2 2 too low 17

Images Sync for Cloudflare — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #12 ↓3 5 too high 18

Static Cache Wrangler – Headless Assistant — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #13 ↓2 5 too high 19 W WP Gatsby Markdown Exporter 100+ · 5.0★ (2) closure risk thin reviews wp.org #21 ↓2 2 too low 20

Jamstack Preview and Deployments 50+ · 0.0★ (0) closure risk thin reviews wp.org #19 ↓2 1 too high 21

Generate WpGraphql Image DataUrl 40+ · 0.0★ (0) closure risk thin reviews wp.org #20 ↓2 1 too high 22

Hatch Connect – Astro Headless for Cloudflare — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #22 23

WPEForm Lite – Drag and Drop Live Form Builder for Contact, Payment & Quiz Forms 20+ · 5.0★ (1) closure risk thin reviews wp.org #24 ↓4 1 too low 24

Sitesauce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) throws errorsnot PHP-currentclosure risk thin reviews wp.org #23 ↓2 1 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.