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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “line notify”

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 “line notify”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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

Receive Notifications After Form Submitting – Form Notify for Any Forms shows at wp.org #5 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 18 places. Its 40+ 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

Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk places #9 on merit, 4.8★ from 3221 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 bbPress Notify (No-Spam) 2K+ · 4.8★ (40) wp.org #1 2 All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 Fatal Error Notify 6K+ · 4.8★ (18) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 XML Sitemap Generator for Google 1M+ · 4.8★ (2233) wp.org #7 ↑1 3 too low 5 FluentSMTP – WP Mail SMTP Plugin with Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Cloudflare, toSend, Gmail and Any SMTP 700K+ · 4.8★ (410) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Customize WordPress Emails and Alerts – Better Notifications for WP 30K+ · 4.8★ (184) wp.org #8 ↓1 2 too low 7 Pingo Notify – Automation & Notification Chat Messages 300+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #3 4 too high 8 Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 600K+ · 4.8★ (333) wp.org #10 ↑2 2 too low 9 Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ · 4.8★ (3221) wp.org #20 ↑3 11 too low 10 Advanced Shipment Tracking for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.5★ (355) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 Email Marketing for WooCommerce by Omnisend 40K+ · 4.9★ (169) wp.org #14 ↑2 3 too low 12 CartFlows – Funnel Builder & Checkout Plugin for WooCommerce 200K+ · 4.8★ (517) wp.org #12 ↓1 13 WP-Members Membership Plugin 50K+ · 4.6★ (272) wp.org #21 8 too low 14 Notification – Custom Notifications and Alerts for WordPress 10K+ · 4.6★ (124) wp.org #18 ↓1 4 too low 15 FooGallery Photo Gallery : Image, Video & Masonry Galleries 100K+ · 4.8★ (995) wp.org #23 ↓5 8 too low 16 HappyAddons for Elementor – 160 Elementor Widgets, GSAP Animations & Templates 400K+ · 4.8★ (489) wp.org #19 3 too low 17 Back In Stock Notifier for WooCommerce | WooCommerce Waitlist Pro 20K+ · 4.7★ (122) wp.org #17 ↑3 18 Docket Cache – Object Cache Accelerator 20K+ · 4.9★ (50) wp.org #24 6 too low 19 Subscribe2 – Form, Email Subscribers & Newsletters 10K+ · 3.5★ (116) wp.org #15 ↓1 4 too high 20 Broken Link Notifier 1K+ · 4.8★ (14) wp.org #16 ↓1 4 too high 21 WebSub (FKA. PubSubHubbub) 100K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #13 8 too high 22 Additional Custom Emails & Recipients for WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (18) wp.org #22 ↓1 23 Receive Notifications After Form Submitting – Form Notify for Any Forms 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 18 too high 24 Notify Odoo 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓1 13 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.