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

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 “keycloak”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 of the top 19.

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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Authlify – Custom Login URL, Login Security, 2FA & Login Page Designer shows at wp.org #12 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 30+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

JWT Authentication for WP REST APIs places #4 on merit, 4.4★ from 74 reviews, but shows at wp.org #18. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 OAuth Single Sign On – SSO (OAuth Client) 6K+ · 4.9★ (327) wp.org #1 2 SAML Single Sign On – SSO Login 10K+ · 4.9★ (402) wp.org #2 3 SCIM User Sync/Provisioning 200+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 JWT Authentication for WP REST APIs 10K+ · 4.4★ (74) wp.org #18 ↑1 14 too low 5 WP Login and Register using JWT 100+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #6 ↑1 1 too low 6 Authorizer 6K+ · 5.0★ (20) wp.org #15 ↑1 9 too low 7 Cloud SAML SSO – Single Sign On Login 80+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 O OAuth client Single Sign On for WordPress ( OAuth 2.0 SSO ) 200+ · 4.1★ (8) wp.org #16 ↑1 8 too low 9 User Sync 200+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #3 6 too high 10 Yaraa AI Sales Agent — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 ↑1 1 too high 11 Open Access SSO 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↑1 4 too high 12 Keystone OIDC 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↑1 2 too high 13 Headless SSO Plugin for WP 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 ↑1 5 too high 14 C Cross-Site SSO for OpenID Connect — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↑1 3 too high 15 D Doitforme CRM Forms — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↑1 2 too high 16 Catcher24 Connector – Vulnerability Scanner — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↑1 2 too high 17 AuthDock — Login Security, 2FA, Social Login & Brute Force Protection — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↑1 18 SimpleSocial 100+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #19 ↑1 1 too low 19 Authlify – Custom Login URL, Login Security, 2FA & Login Page Designer 30+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #12 ↑1 7 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.