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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “litespeed cache”

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

Clear Cache Everywhere shows at wp.org #11 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 1K+ 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

Site Reviews places #9 on merit, 4.9★ from 376 reviews, but shows at wp.org #15. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #1 2 WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin 1M+ · 4.9★ (4228) wp.org #2 3 W3 Total Cache 900K+ · 4.4★ (5420) wp.org #3 4 Super Page Cache – Cloudflare Cache, Page Speed & Core Web Vitals 70K+ · 4.8★ (517) wp.org #4 5 WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance 1M+ · 4.8★ (2617) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 Redis Object Cache 500K+ · 4.5★ (179) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Docket Cache – Object Cache Accelerator 20K+ · 4.9★ (50) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 SQLite Object Cache 10K+ · 5.0★ (51) wp.org #8 9 Site Reviews 60K+ · 4.9★ (376) wp.org #15 6 too low 10 Slim Maintenance Mode 10K+ · 5.0★ (63) wp.org #13 3 too low 11 C Clear Cache for Me 40K+ · 4.8★ (29) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 Spotlight Social Photo Feed 60K+ · 4.7★ (171) wp.org #16 4 too low 13 Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall 100K+ · 4.5★ (373) wp.org #20 ↑4 7 too low 14 10Web Booster – Website speed optimization, Cache & Page Speed optimizer 60K+ · 4.6★ (405) wp.org #23 9 too low 15 OMGF | GDPR/DSGVO Compliant, Faster Google Fonts. Easy. 300K+ · 4.7★ (213) wp.org #19 ↓1 4 too low 16 xSpeed Cache: AI-Powered Performance Hub with MCP, Caching & CDN 10K+ · 5.0★ (22) wp.org #12 ↑2 4 too high 17 WebberZone Top 10 — Popular Posts 10K+ · 4.6★ (102) wp.org #21 4 too low 18 Royal MCP – Secure AI Connector for Claude, ChatGPT & any LLM via MCP 10K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #14 ↓2 4 too high 19 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 #24 ↓1 5 too low 20 The Cache Purger 1K+ · 4.5★ (6) wp.org #10 10 too high 21 P Preload Fullpage Cache 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #17 4 too high 22 ABCode Cache Warmer 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #18 ↑1 4 too high 23 Disable CSS JS Cache 400+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #22 1 too high 24 Clear Cache Everywhere 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 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.