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

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 “keycdn”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 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

Light Views Counter – Fast, Scalable View Counter for High-Traffic Sites shows at wp.org #6 but places #13 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 3K+ 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.

Buried gem

Enable Media Replace places #8 on merit, 4.4★ from 302 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Cache Enabler 100K+ · 4.3★ (139) wp.org #1 2 EWWW Image Optimizer 1M+ · 4.8★ (1842) wp.org #2 3 CDN Enabler 10K+ · 4.1★ (51) wp.org #3 4 Optimus – WordPress Image Optimizer 30K+ · 4.2★ (69) wp.org #4 5 DietPress 2K+ · 5.0★ (38) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 Content No Cache | Serve uncached partial content even when you add it to a page that is fully cached. 200+ · 5.0★ (18) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 Photo Gallery by Supsystic – Image Gallery, Masonry, Albums & Lightbox 20K+ · 4.6★ (498) wp.org #21 ↓1 14 too low 8 Enable Media Replace 600K+ · 4.4★ (302) wp.org #24 ↓1 16 too low 9 Breeze Cache 300K+ · 3.6★ (133) wp.org #18 ↓1 9 too low 10 Track Geolocation Of Users Using Contact Form 7 800+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #5 5 too high 11 BotBlocker Security – Complete security platform 3K+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #10 ↓1 1 too high 12 Dessky Cache 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 ↑1 3 too high 13 Light Views Counter – Fast, Scalable View Counter for High-Traffic Sites 3K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 7 too high 14 Royal AI Firewall 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 Thenameda Form Location Tracker for WPForms — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 ProRank SEO 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 5 too high 17 NBH Performance — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 2 too high 18 FlynCache Purge — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 6 too high 19 Cyclone Static — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 3 too high 20 {eac}Doojigger Simple CDN Extension for WordPress — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 3 too high 21 Flavors Media OS – Media Folders, Image Optimizer & Cleanup — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 2 too high 22 Image Generator – AI Auto Featured Images, Thumbnails & Post Images 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 2 too high 23 OptiCache 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too high 24 R RokthamBot — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 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.