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

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 “jobposting”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 of the top 20. 2 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

WPMazic SEO Lite shows at wp.org #17 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 4 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 wp.org
1 SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO 300K+ · 4.8★ (1258) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Schema & Structured Data for WP & AMP 100K+ · 4.5★ (252) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Structured Content (JSON-LD) #wpsc 30K+ · 4.6★ (25) wp.org #3 4 JobWP – Job Board Plugin for WordPress | Job Listings, Career Page & Applications 1K+ · 5.0★ (20) wp.org #4 5 SchemaEngine AI – AI Schema Markup, Reviews & Rich Snippets for SEO 10K+ · 4.8★ (25) wp.org #5 6 Schema Package – Structured Data & Rich Snippets Tool for SEO 200+ · 4.8★ (20) wp.org #10 ↓1 4 too low 7 AEOmatic — AEO, AI SEO, llms.txt & Schema — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 ↑6 2 too low 8 PCRecruiter Extensions 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 Big SEO Programmatic 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 Answer Engine Optimization 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 3 too high 11 Schema Star 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 ↓3 3 too low 12 AIFORYA Schema Markup 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 13 E Employed Jobs Importer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 14 Apqrinu Job Board — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↓1 3 too high 15 Schema Markup Generator 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 1 too low 16 Citable GEO Schema – Make Your Website AI Citable 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 2 too low 17 Post2Hire Job Board & Applications — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 2 too low 18 ProRank SEO 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↓1 3 too high 19 Job board: Career Page Job Listing — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too low 20 Backdigital Job Board for Onapply — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 1 too low 21 WPMazic SEO Lite — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↓1 4 too high 22 SchemaGenius AI 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 23 CookiePrime Schema Markup Generator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 24 Holographic Lightweight SEO — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1

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.