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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “microsoft word”

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 “microsoft word”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 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

Search and Replace for Block Editor shows at wp.org #8 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 14 places. Its 500+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

WP STAGING – Backups & Restore, Migration & Clone Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups places #3 on merit, 4.8★ from 2470 reviews, but shows at wp.org #9. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Embed Any Document – Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel Files 50K+ · 4.2★ (92) wp.org #1 2 Loco Translate 1M+ · 4.8★ (453) wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too low 3 WP STAGING – Backups & Restore, Migration & Clone Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups 100K+ · 4.8★ (2470) wp.org #9 6 too low 4 FileBird Document Library 5K+ · 4.9★ (8) wp.org #2 ↑1 2 too high 5 eRoom – Webinar & Meeting Plugin for Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams 8K+ · 4.1★ (68) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 M Mammoth .docx converter 20K+ · 4.8★ (62) wp.org #6 7 CookieYes – Cookie Banner for Cookie Consent (Easy to setup GDPR/CCPA Compliant Cookie Notice) 1M+ · 4.8★ (3236) wp.org #11 ↓1 4 too low 8 Print My Blog – Print, PDF, & eBook Converter WordPress Plugin 8K+ · 4.8★ (115) wp.org #5 3 too high 9 Cookie Compliance for WordPress – Cookie Consent, GDPR & CCPA 800K+ · 4.8★ (3026) wp.org #12 ↓1 3 too low 10 MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy) 2M+ · 4.5★ (3157) wp.org #7 3 too high 11 WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ · 4.8★ (14387) wp.org #15 ↓1 4 too low 12 Advanced File Manager – Ultimate File Manager for WordPress And Document Library Solution 100K+ · 4.8★ (441) wp.org #17 5 too low 13 All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) wp.org #19 ↓4 6 too low 14 Document Viewer – let visitors view files right in the browser 2K+ · 4.7★ (52) wp.org #18 4 too low 15 Easy Media Download 8K+ · 4.0★ (28) wp.org #14 ↓1 1 too high 16 Document Gallery 8K+ · 4.8★ (112) wp.org #21 5 too low 17 miniOrange Embed Files for SharePoint/OneDrive 700+ · 5.0★ (41) wp.org #24 ↓2 7 too low 18 Xagio SEO & AEO – AI SEO for Google Rankings & AI Visibility 10K+ · 4.9★ (51) wp.org #23 5 too low 19 SmartDoc to Post Importer 300+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #13 ↓1 6 too high 20 Document Library Lite 4K+ · 4.1★ (12) wp.org #16 ↑4 4 too high 21 WPYog Documents 100+ · 4.6★ (12) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too low 22 Search and Replace for Block Editor 500+ · 4.0★ (3) wp.org #8 14 too high 23 Postora Export for DOCX 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 13 too high 24 Document Embedder Addons for Elementor – Embed Documents in Elementor Websites 6K+ · 3.7★ (7) wp.org #20 ↓1 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.