wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “logout menu”

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 “logout menu”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 of the top 20.

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

Login Logout Menu & Redirect shows at wp.org #11 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 20+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

LoginPress | wp-login Custom Login Page Customizer places #11 on merit, 4.8★ from 1077 reviews, but shows at wp.org #23. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin signals wp.org

Inactive Logout 10K+ · 4.8★ (106) wp.org #3 1 too low 3

Admin Menu Editor 300K+ · 4.6★ (312) wp.org #4 1 too low 4

User Menus – Nav Menu Visibility 80K+ · 5.0★ (1281) wp.org #8 ↓1 3 too low 6

Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #10 4 too low 7

Float menu – awesome floating side menu 30K+ · 4.4★ (41) wp.org #6 ↓1 1 too high 8

QuadMenu – Mega Menu 10K+ · 4.5★ (270) wp.org #13 ↑1 5 too low 9

User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor 40K+ · 4.7★ (738) wp.org #19 10 too low 10

All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall 1M+ · 4.7★ (1720) wp.org #17 ↑3 7 too low 11

LoginPress | wp-login Custom Login Page Customizer 200K+ · 4.8★ (1077) not PHP-current wp.org #23 12 too low 12

WP Activity Log 300K+ · 4.7★ (490) wp.org #24 ↓3 12 too low 13

Idle User Logout 1K+ · 4.1★ (18) thin reviews wp.org #7 ↑1 6 too high 14

Entryway – WP Login & Logout Redirect 6K+ · 4.8★ (5) thin reviews wp.org #5 ↑1 9 too high 15

Adminify – White Label, Admin Menu Editor, Login Customizer 6K+ · 4.3★ (109) wp.org #21 ↑1 6 too low 16

Simple Membership 40K+ · 4.6★ (475) throws errorsnot PHP-current wp.org #22 6 too low 17

Side Menu Lite – Sticky Floating Side Menu 7K+ · 4.0★ (12) thin reviews wp.org #9 8 too high 18

Bulk menu creator 1K+ · 5.0★ (9) thin reviews wp.org #12 ↓1 6 too high 19

Bubble Menu – Floating Button Menu with Sticky Navigation 1K+ · 4.2★ (9) thin reviews wp.org #14 ↑1 5 too high 20 D Disable woocommerce logout confirmation 600+ · 5.0★ (6) thin reviews wp.org #16 ↓3 4 too high 21

Menu Caching 400+ · 5.0★ (4) thin reviews wp.org #15 ↑1 6 too high 22

Menu Option 100+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #18 ↓1 5 too high 24

Barmaton Quick Admin Logout 70+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #20 ↓2 4 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.