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

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 “jetpack”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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

Module Control for Jetpack shows at wp.org #10 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.8★ average from 11 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI places #5 on merit, 4.8★ from 27821 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics 3M+ · 3.7★ (2408) wp.org #1 2 Jetpack Protect 100K+ · 4.6★ (123) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 Jetpack Boost – Website Speed, Performance and Critical CSS 200K+ · 4.7★ (612) wp.org #3 ↓1 4 WooCommerce 7M+ · 4.5★ (4833) wp.org #6 ↓1 2 too low 5 Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27821) wp.org #17 ↑3 12 too low 6 Jetpack CRM – Clients, Leads, Invoices, Billing, Email Marketing, & Automation 30K+ · 4.3★ (152) wp.org #9 3 too low 7 Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ · 4.8★ (3220) wp.org #18 ↓1 11 too low 8 Jetpack Social 30K+ · 3.3★ (74) wp.org #5 ↓1 3 too high 9 Jetpack VideoPress 7K+ · 4.0★ (16) wp.org #4 ↑2 5 too high 10 Jetpack VaultPress Backup 20K+ · 4.5★ (35) wp.org #8 ↓1 2 too high 11 Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1668) wp.org #19 8 too low 12 WPS Hide Login 2M+ · 4.8★ (2111) wp.org #21 ↑1 9 too low 13 Jetpack VaultPress 10K+ · 3.8★ (72) wp.org #12 ↑3 1 too high 14 Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile 200K+ · 4.7★ (262) wp.org #16 ↓3 2 too low 15 Jetpack Search 5K+ · 4.5★ (10) wp.org #7 ↑1 8 too high 16 Redis Object Cache 500K+ · 4.5★ (179) wp.org #20 ↓2 4 too low 17 Email Address Encoder 100K+ · 4.2★ (160) wp.org #24 ↓1 7 too low 18 Booster for WooCommerce – PDF Invoices, Abandoned Cart, Variation Swatches & 100+ Tools 30K+ · 4.6★ (535) wp.org #23 ↓2 5 too low 19 Post Views for Jetpack 1K+ · 5.0★ (13) wp.org #13 ↓1 6 too high 20 Jetpack Without Promotions 1K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #11 9 too high 21 Module Control for Jetpack 1K+ · 4.8★ (11) wp.org #10 11 too high 22 Always Use Open Graph with Jetpack 500+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #15 ↑1 7 too high 23 reCAPTCHA V3 for Jetpack 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 9 too high 24 Jetpack Stats 800+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 2 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.