wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “multi advance”

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 “multi advance”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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

Bangladeshi Payments Mobile – MFS Gateway, QR Code, Advance COD Protection, Thermal POS Invoicing & WhatsApp Suite shows at wp.org #10 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Eventin – Events Calendar, Tickets, Registration, Booking & WooCommerce places #12 on merit, 4.7★ from 413 reviews, but shows at wp.org #18. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin signals wp.org

Multi Page Auto Advance for Gravity Forms 2K+ · 4.3★ (20) thin reviews wp.org #1 2

Bit Form – Contact Form, Payment Forms, Multi Step Forms, Calculator & Custom Form Builder 10K+ · 5.0★ (259) wp.org #4 2 too low 3

YayCurrency – WooCommerce Multi-Currency Switcher 7K+ · 4.8★ (114) wp.org #3 4

Advanced File Manager – Ultimate File Manager for WordPress And Document Library Solution 100K+ · 4.8★ (441) wp.org #8 4 too low 5

Advance Product Search- Voice & Ajax Search for WooCommerce 9K+ · 5.0★ (5) thin reviews wp.org #2 3 too high 6

ReviewX – Multi-Criteria Reviews for WooCommerce with Google Reviews & Schema 6K+ · 4.5★ (85) wp.org #7 1 too low 7

Disable Comments 1M+ · 4.7★ (281) wp.org #9 2 too low 8

Better Find and Replace – AI-Powered Suggestions 40K+ · 4.6★ (171) wp.org #11 3 too low 9

SchedulePress – Auto Post & Publish, Auto Social Share, Schedule Posts with Editorial Calendar & Missed Schedule Post Publisher 10K+ · 4.6★ (201) wp.org #14 5 too low 10

affiliate-toolkit – Multi-Network Affiliate & Amazon Product Display 2K+ · 4.5★ (22) thin reviews wp.org #6 4 too high 11

Spam Protection | Maspik 30K+ · 4.7★ (87) wp.org #12 1 too low 12

Eventin – Events Calendar, Tickets, Registration, Booking & WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (413) wp.org #18 ↑1 6 too low 13

Advanced Menu Manager Pro – Built for Content-heavy WordPress Sites to Add, Filter, Lock, and Edit Menus Easily 400+ · 3.7★ (22) thin reviews wp.org #5 8 too high 14

Product Table for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.8★ (295) wp.org #17 3 too low 15

Directorist: AI-Powered Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads 20K+ · 4.6★ (698) wp.org #22 7 too low 16

PiWeb Disable payment method / Partial payment for WooCommerce 4K+ · 5.0★ (38) wp.org #15 1 too high 17

WPCafe – Restaurant Menu, Online Food Ordering & Table Booking System 5K+ · 4.6★ (113) wp.org #23 ↓1 6 too low 18

Mega Forms – Drag & Drop Form Builder with Multi-Step & Conditional Logic 200+ · 5.0★ (12) thin reviews wp.org #16 2 too high 19

Bangladeshi Payments Mobile – MFS Gateway, QR Code, Advance COD Protection, Thermal POS Invoicing & WhatsApp Suite 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) thin reviews wp.org #10 9 too high 20

Payoneer Checkout 5K+ · 4.2★ (5) thin reviews wp.org #19 ↓1 1 too high 21

WooCommerce Payfast Gateway 30K+ · 3.0★ (7) thin reviews wp.org #21 22

TS Demo Importer 80+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #13 9 too high 23

Advance User Post CRUD 10+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #20 3 too high 24

Post Redirection – 301, 404 Redirects 50+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #24 ↓1

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.