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

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 “migrator”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 of the top 20.

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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Migrator – Site Migration and Backup shows at wp.org #6 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 50+ 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

Dokan: AI Powered WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution – Build Your Own Amazon, eBay, Etsy places #6 on merit, 4.6★ from 769 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 SiteGround Migrator 80K+ · 4.3★ (403) wp.org #1 2 Migrate Guru – Site Migration & Cloning 200K+ · 4.9★ (1644) wp.org #4 ↓1 2 too low 3 Cloudways WordPress Migrator 10K+ · 4.2★ (36) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #7 ↓1 3 too low 5 FooGallery Photo Gallery : Image, Video & Masonry Galleries 100K+ · 4.8★ (995) wp.org #12 7 too low 6 Dokan: AI Powered WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution – Build Your Own Amazon, eBay, Etsy 30K+ · 4.6★ (769) wp.org #21 ↑1 15 too low 7 WebToffee WP Backup and Migration 5K+ · 4.5★ (49) wp.org #10 3 too low 8 UWH Site Migrator – WP Migration, Backup & Restore 300+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #3 ↑1 5 too high 9 Fuse Social Icons 10K+ · 4.6★ (58) wp.org #17 ↑1 8 too low 10 Social Rocket – Social Sharing Plugin 1K+ · 5.0★ (12) wp.org #14 ↓1 4 too low 11 FG OpenCart to WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (14) wp.org #20 9 too low 12 FluentAffiliate – Affiliate Program Management Suite, Affiliates Manager 2K+ · 4.6★ (7) wp.org #13 1 too low 13 Milo Subscriptions – Subscriptions for WooCommerce and Recurring Payments 200+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #22 9 too low 14 XServer Migrator 10K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 9 too high 15 Tr Options Migrator for ACF (Export & Import ACF Options Data) 60+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 ↑1 7 too high 16 Migrate away from FooGallery 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 7 too high 17 Migrator – Site Migration and Backup 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 11 too high 18 WING Website Migrator 500+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 7 too high 19 Table for Divi 1K+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #16 3 too high 20 one.com Migrator 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too high 21 BlogPort Migrator for Blogger 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 ↓1 3 too high 22 Migrate away from NextGEN Gallery 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1 2 too low 23 FlyWP Migrator – Migrate Your Site to FlyWP 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 24 Dave Gerrits Site Migrator 100+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↑1 9 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.