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

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 “moonshot”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 2 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 HT Mega Addons for Elementor – Elementor Widgets & Template Builder 60K+ · 4.1★ (66) wp.org #2 ↑1 1 too low 2 Vercel AI Gateway Provider 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #1 ↑1 1 too high 3 Limb AI Chatbot 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #6 ↓1 3 too low 4 DuetG AI Connector 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 ↓2 1 too high 5 AI Provider for Kimi 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 CryptocurrencyCheckout Woocommerce Gateway 100+ · 3.5★ (8) wp.org #13 ↓1 7 too low 7 JennyStudio GEO Factory 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 ↑3 2 too high 8 AIKCT Engine Chatbot 10+ · 3.0★ (4) wp.org #8 ↓1 9 AI Author Personas By WPRaptor 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↓1 2 too high 10 ExertPro FAQ AI for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 ExertPro AI Store Assistant for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 StudioFAQ Accordion Builder — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 1 too high 13 Dukandar AI Shopping Assistant for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↑1 1 too high 14 ExertPro Image Optimizer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 15 Carfitly – AI Auto Parts Fitment Assistant — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 16 Recourse – AI Chatbot for Customer Support — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 Innova GEO AI Indexer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↑1 18 [凹凸曼]AI知识库 — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 19 Dreamanual Toolkit — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↑1 20 DirectRelay – n8n WordPress Plugin: Workflow Automation, REST API, Webhooks & AI Agents — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 21 Bernerslee Site Diagnostics & Recovery — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↑1 22 ARN Smart URL Manager — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 SEOBetter – AI SEO, GEO & LLM Citations: Generative Engine Optimization, AEO, AI Article Writer, Schema & llms.txt — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓2 24 ARN Smart Image Optimizer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24

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.