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

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 “metrica”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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.

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Ranked above its merit

RuCookie & 152-ФЗ shows at wp.org #4 but places #12 on merit, a gap of 8 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

Tag Manager – Header, Body And Footer places #7 on merit, 4.7★ from 53 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 Yandex Metrica 20K+ · 3.8★ (33) wp.org #1 2 Seraphinite Accelerator 50K+ · 4.8★ (476) wp.org #5 3 too low 3 Landingi Landing Pages 2K+ · 5.0★ (20) wp.org #3 4 FZ-152 RF 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 True Lazy Analytics 6K+ · 4.7★ (11) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 AMP WP – Google AMP For WordPress 600+ · 4.5★ (55) wp.org #12 6 too low 7 Tag Manager – Header, Body And Footer 20K+ · 4.7★ (53) wp.org #24 ↓1 17 too low 8 Yandex.Metrica 60K+ · 3.7★ (12) wp.org #10 2 too low 9 CookieBoxs – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent & Google Consent Mode v2 200+ · 4.4★ (5) wp.org #11 2 too low 10 Komito Analytics 80+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #19 ↓1 9 too low 11 Suscripciones y Pagos Recurrentes con Mercado Pago para WooCommerce 30+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #16 ↓3 5 too low 12 R RuCookie & 152-ФЗ 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 8 too high 13 Leadster 4K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #15 ↑1 2 too low 14 Easy Yandex Metrica 800+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #9 5 too high 15 Vagizov Metrika Loader 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 8 too high 16 ConsentOwl — Cookie Consent & Tracker Blocker 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 8 too high 17 SEO Fury – Lightning-Fast SEO + GEO: Schema, Redirects, llms.txt & More 40+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #17 18 M Métrica Real 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↑1 5 too high 19 LinkMesh: Semantic AI Internal Links for SEO 90+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↑1 5 too high 20 Fast Yandex Metrika 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 2 too high 21 D Devflow SEO Toolkit — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too high 22 RT Chat Analytics — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 1 too high 23 Nacionvirtual – Alerts & Chat for Telegram — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too high 24 Plain Cookie Consent — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 1 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.