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

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 “metrika”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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

DevBrothers Counter Manager shows at wp.org #12 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 60+ 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.

Buried gem

AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages places #2 on merit, 4.4★ from 1317 reviews, but shows at wp.org #7. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Tag Manager – Header, Body And Footer 20K+ · 4.7★ (53) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages 70K+ · 4.4★ (1317) wp.org #7 5 too low 3 Woody Code Snippets – Insert PHP, CSS, JS, and Header/Footer Scripts 50K+ · 4.5★ (221) wp.org #6 3 too low 4 Yandex Metrica 20K+ · 3.8★ (33) wp.org #3 ↑1 1 too high 5 Events Tracker for Elementor 10K+ · 4.5★ (48) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 Vagizov Metrika Loader 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #1 5 too high 7 True Lazy Analytics 6K+ · 4.7★ (11) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 FZ-152 RF 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #4 ↓1 4 too high 9 Yandex.Metrica 60K+ · 3.7★ (12) wp.org #5 4 too high 10 Replain 700+ · 4.7★ (12) wp.org #23 13 too low 11 DCO Insert Analytics Code 4K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #21 10 too low 12 SEO Fury – Lightning-Fast SEO + GEO: Schema, Redirects, llms.txt & More 40+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #13 1 too low 13 Simple Counter 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 1 too low 14 Fast Yandex Metrika 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 4 too high 15 Easy Yandex Metrica 800+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #15 16 WT Yandex Metrika 5K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #20 4 too low 17 ConsentOwl — Cookie Consent & Tracker Blocker 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 6 too high 18 Alldar Lead Sync for Bitrix24 and AmoCRM — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 2 too high 19 SunnyGDPR — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 2 too high 20 DevBrothers Counter Manager 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 8 too high 21 D Devflow SEO Toolkit — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 3 too high 22 Cookie Consent Snigirev — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 3 too high 23 Nymbl Cookie Sentinel — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 S Simple Yandex Metrika 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 2 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.