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

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 tenant”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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

SFLWA Identity & Tenant Provisioner for Amazon SES shows at wp.org #12 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its — installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

OAuth Single Sign On – SSO (OAuth Client) places #9 on merit, 4.9★ from 327 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 SAML Single Sign On – SSO Login 10K+ · 4.9★ (402) wp.org #1 2 FluentSMTP – WP Mail SMTP Plugin with Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Cloudflare, toSend, Gmail and Any SMTP 700K+ · 4.8★ (410) wp.org #2 3 Active Directory Integration / LDAP Integration 4K+ · 4.9★ (211) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Funnelforms Free – Multi Step Form, Contact Form & Lead Funnel Builder 1K+ · 4.8★ (32) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 wpForo Forum 20K+ · 4.7★ (390) wp.org #8 ↓2 3 too low 6 Alex Reservations – Restaurant Reservations, Tables & White-Label Booking System 200+ · 4.9★ (28) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 WPO365 | SEAMLESS WORDPRESS + MICROSOFT INTEGRATION (WPO365 | LOGIN) 10K+ · 4.9★ (154) wp.org #11 ↓1 4 too low 8 WPO365 | MICROSOFT 365 GRAPH MAILER 10K+ · 5.0★ (40) wp.org #9 ↓1 1 too low 9 OAuth Single Sign On – SSO (OAuth Client) 6K+ · 4.9★ (327) wp.org #17 ↓3 8 too low 10 Easy Property Listings 5K+ · 4.7★ (112) wp.org #13 3 too low 11 Advanced Form Integration — Connect Forms to 300+ Apps 9K+ · 4.8★ (91) wp.org #19 ↓3 8 too low 12 GrabWP Tenancy 20+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #6 ↓3 6 too high 13 Meow Mailer – Free SMTP, Everything Included 900+ · 5.0★ (25) wp.org #20 ↓2 7 too low 14 MeetingHub – Appointment Booking & Meeting Scheduling for Zoom, Google Meet, Microsoft Teams, Webex, Jitsi 400+ · 4.8★ (13) wp.org #15 ↓4 1 too low 15 OrganicStack Publisher 70+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #7 8 too high 16 All-in-One Microsoft 365 & Entra ID / Azure AD SSO Login 600+ · 3.9★ (7) wp.org #10 ↓1 6 too high 17 User Sync for Azure AD / Azure B2C 60+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #16 ↑3 1 too high 18 Ultimate Multisite – WordPress Multisite SaaS & WaaS Platform 90+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #24 ↓2 6 too low 19 Intranet and Extranet with O365 Login 40+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #21 ↓4 2 too low 20 NXT Cloud Chat – CRM, Inbox & OTP Login 30+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #18 ↑6 2 too high 21 Precious Metals Product Prices for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #23 ↓2 2 too low 22 SFLWA Identity & Tenant Provisioner for Amazon SES — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 10 too high 23 Web357 Mail Connect for Microsoft Outlook 365 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↑1 9 too high 24 FastPix – Video Hosting, Player and Analytics for WordPress — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 ↓2 2 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.