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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “meta api”

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 “meta api”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 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

Kliken: Ads + Pixel for Meta shows at wp.org #12 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 30K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation places #10 on merit, 4.7★ from 1667 reviews, but shows at wp.org #22. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Meta Box – A Framework for Dynamic Websites 500K+ · 4.8★ (165) wp.org #1 2 Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27821) wp.org #2 3 PixelYourSite – Your smart PIXEL (TAG) & API Manager 400K+ · 4.3★ (281) wp.org #3 4 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ · 4.8★ (7519) wp.org #8 ↓1 4 too low 5 Disable WP REST API 30K+ · 4.8★ (36) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4962) wp.org #10 ↓1 4 too low 7 Import and export users and customers 70K+ · 4.7★ (259) wp.org #9 2 too low 8 Meta Field Block – Display Custom Fields for ACF, Meta Box and More 10K+ · 5.0★ (57) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 Head Meta Data 10K+ · 4.8★ (19) wp.org #7 ↑1 2 too high 10 TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation 400K+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #22 ↓2 12 too low 11 All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) wp.org #16 ↓3 5 too low 12 Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) 2M+ · 4.5★ (1440) wp.org #19 7 too low 13 Meta for WooCommerce 400K+ · 2.1★ (481) wp.org #5 8 too high 14 Meta pixel for WordPress 400K+ · 2.7★ (164) wp.org #11 ↓1 3 too high 15 SureRank SEO – Meta Tags, Social Preview, XML Sitemap, Schema & Open Graph 300K+ · 4.8★ (51) wp.org #24 9 too low 16 Contact Form to Any API 8K+ · 5.0★ (28) wp.org #15 1 too high 17 Custom API for WP 1K+ · 4.8★ (45) wp.org #17 ↓1 18 Datafeedr API 4K+ · 4.0★ (13) wp.org #13 ↓1 5 too high 19 JSON API User 1K+ · 3.9★ (21) wp.org #18 ↓1 1 too high 20 JSON API Auth 600+ · 4.7★ (11) wp.org #20 ↓2 21 MDTF – Meta Data and Taxonomies Filter 900+ · 4.5★ (28) wp.org #23 ↓1 2 too low 22 MStore API – Create Native Android & iOS Apps On The Cloud 2K+ · 3.7★ (21) wp.org #21 1 too high 23 Remove Meta Generators 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 9 too high 24 Kliken: Ads + Pixel for Meta 30K+ · 3.0★ (1) wp.org #12 ↓1 12 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.