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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “mobile internet”

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 internet”, we agree with wp.org 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

Browser Theme Color – Address Bar Color & Dark Mode shows at wp.org #13 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 2K+ 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

Super Progressive Web Apps places #10 on merit, 4.6★ from 225 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ · 4.8★ (14387) wp.org #1 2 Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4962) wp.org #2 3 Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ · 4.8★ (3220) wp.org #5 ↓1 2 too low 4 MOBILOOK — Mobile View & Mobile‑Friendly Test 1K+ · 4.9★ (27) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Form Maker by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder 30K+ · 4.5★ (778) wp.org #6 ↓1 1 too low 6 Smart Slider 3 800K+ · 4.9★ (1125) wp.org #10 ↓2 4 too low 7 FunnelKit Payment Gateway for Stripe WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.9★ (53) wp.org #9 ↓2 2 too low 8 Conditional Display for Mobile – Mobile Detect Plugin 1K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #4 4 too high 9 Iptanus File Upload 10K+ · 4.4★ (117) wp.org #14 ↑3 5 too low 10 Super Progressive Web Apps 40K+ · 4.6★ (225) wp.org #19 ↓3 9 too low 11 AddToAny Share Buttons 300K+ · 4.7★ (1114) wp.org #16 ↓3 5 too low 12 SilentShield – Captcha & Anti-Spam for WordPress (CF7, WPForms, Elementor, WooCommerce) 10K+ · 4.7★ (24) wp.org #7 ↓1 5 too high 13 BjornTech Swish for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.6★ (20) wp.org #11 ↓2 2 too high 14 Vitepos – Point of Sale (POS) for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.7★ (54) wp.org #17 ↓3 3 too low 15 Cloudflare 200K+ · 3.5★ (181) wp.org #18 ↓3 3 too low 16 Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking 20K+ · 4.3★ (62) wp.org #22 ↓1 6 too low 17 SpeedyCache – Cache, Optimization, Performance 500K+ · 4.4★ (30) wp.org #12 ↓1 5 too high 18 Wonder Video Embed 4K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #8 10 too high 19 UpdraftCentral Dashboard 5K+ · 4.5★ (22) wp.org #20 ↓2 1 too low 20 Radio Station by netmix® – Manage and play your Show Schedule in WordPress! 1K+ · 4.6★ (30) wp.org #24 ↓1 4 too low 21 Mobile-Refuel Table Reservation 10+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #15 ↓3 6 too high 22 AddySolution's address Autocomplete for WooCommerce 300+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #23 ↓1 1 too low 23 Razorpay for WooCommerce 100K+ · 2.5★ (23) wp.org #21 ↓1 2 too high 24 Browser Theme Color – Address Bar Color & Dark Mode 2K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 ↓3 11 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.