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

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 “mattermost”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 15.

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

Wonderful Repeated Hit Blocker for Wordfence shows at wp.org #5 but places #9 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its 30+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin signals wp.org

BTCPay Server – Accept Bitcoin payments in WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (21) throws errorsnot PHP-current thin reviews wp.org #2 1 too low 2

Cloudbridge Mattermost 10+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #1 1 too high 3

Live Chat (+ Chatbots) with Slack for WordPress 20+ · 4.9★ (16) closure risk thin reviews wp.org #15 ↓1 12 too low 4

Hash Form – Drag & Drop Form Builder 3K+ · 5.0★ (2) thin reviews wp.org #4 1 too high 6

Vanilla Bean Slack Hooker 20+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #3 3 too high 7

Opt-Out for Google Analytics (DSGVO / GDPR) 3K+ · 4.3★ (6) thin reviews wp.org #13 6 too low 8

Webhook Actions – build automations and integrations with AI help — · 5.0★ (2) thin reviews wp.org #7 ↑1 1 too high 9

Wonderful Repeated Hit Blocker for Wordfence 30+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviewslow rating, top placement wp.org #5 4 too high 10

RowanWeb Abandoned Forms for Contact Form 7 — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #6 ↑1 4 too high 11

Cascade Forge – No-Code Workflow Automation & Webhooks — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #8 ↓2 3 too high 12

Fatal Plugin Auto Deactivator – Never let a plugin break your site 100+ · 5.0★ (2) thin reviews wp.org #14 ↓1 2 too low 13

SlashPress — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #9 4 too high 14

Flumente – AI Assistant & Help Desk Chatbot — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #10 4 too high 15

BTCPay for GiveWP — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #11 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.