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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “llms.txt”

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 “llms.txt”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 3 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

AI Discovery Files – llms.txt & AI Visibility shows at wp.org #11 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 100+ 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

GEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO places #5 on merit, 4.6★ from 683 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 Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27821) wp.org #3 2 too low 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 #2 3 Website LLMs.txt 50K+ · 4.7★ (12) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO 300K+ · 4.8★ (1267) wp.org #8 4 too low 5 GEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO 30K+ · 4.6★ (683) wp.org #24 19 too low 6 Hostinger Tools 3M+ · 3.5★ (40) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 LLMs.txt and LLMs-Full.txt Generator 4K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Enable Abilities for MCP 5K+ · 5.0★ (17) wp.org #13 5 too low 9 CrawlWP SEO – Complete WordPress SEO Plugin with AI, Indexing & Search Performance 30K+ · 4.7★ (62) wp.org #17 8 too low 10 VigIA – AI Visibility, Analytics & Control 2K+ · 5.0★ (19) wp.org #16 6 too low 11 Read More Without Refresh 20K+ · 4.2★ (55) wp.org #22 11 too low 12 LLMs.txt Curator 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #6 6 too high 13 ThinkRank SEO – AI SEO Plugin for SEO & Google Search Console 20K+ · 4.9★ (36) wp.org #15 2 too low 14 LovedByAI – GEO (Generative Engine Optimization) & AI SEO Plugin: AEO, llms.txt 1K+ · 4.4★ (5) wp.org #7 7 too high 15 RankReady – AI SEO, Schema, llms.txt, AEO and GEO for ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity 500+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #10 5 too high 16 Visibility – Lightweight SEO, AEO and GEO for Search and AI 600+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #18 2 too low 17 JumpsuitAI – llms.txt + Markdown Endpoints 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 8 too high 18 OGEEAT 200+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #19 1 too low 19 GEO Suite – AI SEO, llms.txt & Schema – Octoplug 60+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 Prime SEO – AI SEO, LLMs.txt Generator, AI Bots Manager & AI Crawler Stats 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #23 3 too low 21 AI Discovery Files – llms.txt & AI Visibility 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 10 too high 22 CodingBunny LLMs.txt Generator 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 10 too high 23 LLMs.txt Builder 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 9 too high 24 HS3Dev AI Content Index for llms.txt 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 3 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.