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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “mobile 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 “mobile api”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 2 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

Order on Mobile for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #15 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 7K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 4 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

W3 Total Cache places #12 on merit, 4.4★ from 5420 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 AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages 70K+ · 4.4★ (1319) wp.org #1 2 WooCommerce 7M+ · 4.5★ (4833) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) wp.org #3 ↑1 4 Post SMTP – Complete Email Delivery and SMTP Solution with Email Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App 300K+ · 4.7★ (528) wp.org #4 ↓2 5 Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27821) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #7 ↓1 1 too low 7 PixelYourSite – Your smart PIXEL (TAG) & API Manager 400K+ · 4.3★ (281) wp.org #5 ↑2 2 too high 8 Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4962) wp.org #16 8 too low 9 Order On Mobile for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.9★ (66) wp.org #9 10 SlickNav Mobile Menu 3K+ · 4.8★ (24) wp.org #6 ↓1 4 too high 11 The Events Calendar 600K+ · 4.2★ (2461) wp.org #18 7 too low 12 W3 Total Cache 900K+ · 4.4★ (5420) wp.org #22 ↓1 10 too low 13 Disable XML-RPC-API 100K+ · 4.2★ (43) wp.org #10 3 too high 14 Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery 100K+ · 4.5★ (1581) wp.org #17 3 too low 15 Custom API for WP 1K+ · 4.8★ (45) wp.org #11 ↑1 4 too high 16 JSON API User 1K+ · 3.9★ (21) wp.org #12 ↑1 4 too high 17 MStore API – Create Native Android & iOS Apps On The Cloud 2K+ · 3.7★ (21) wp.org #13 ↑1 4 too high 18 JSON API Auth 600+ · 4.7★ (11) wp.org #14 ↑1 4 too high 19 CoCart – Headless REST API for WooCommerce 900+ · 4.9★ (21) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 Conditional Display for Mobile – Mobile Detect Plugin 1K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #23 3 too low 21 Ad Integration for mobile.de API 40+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #19 2 too high 22 Order on Mobile for WooCommerce 7K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #15 ↓4 7 too high 23 UnoDock – Mobile Bottom Navigation 700+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #24 ↓2 1 too low 24 REST API Guard 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #21 ↑3 3 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.