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

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 “multipage”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 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

NgSurvey – Powerful, feature rich self-hosted surveys shows at wp.org #9 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 14 places. Its 10+ 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

Gravity Booster – Styles & Layouts for Gravity Forms places #6 on merit, 4.6★ from 199 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load 30K+ · 4.8★ (287) wp.org #1 2 Utimate Kit ( Styler ) for WPForms 20K+ · 4.8★ (114) wp.org #2 3 ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities 5K+ · 4.6★ (236) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 Simple Link Directory – AI Powered 2K+ · 4.8★ (121) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher 10K+ · 4.8★ (514) wp.org #14 9 too low 6 Gravity Booster – Styles & Layouts for Gravity Forms 30K+ · 4.6★ (199) wp.org #16 10 too low 7 AI Infographic Maker 600+ · 4.4★ (17) wp.org #7 8 Multipage 900+ · 4.6★ (22) wp.org #15 7 too low 9 Pie Forms — Drag & Drop Form Builder 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #3 6 too high 10 Pagination by BestWebSoft – Customizable WordPress Content Splitter and Navigation Plugin 5K+ · 4.8★ (45) wp.org #23 13 too low 11 Open Graph 10K+ · 4.3★ (13) wp.org #18 7 too low 12 Multiple Columns for Gravity Forms 10K+ · 4.5★ (30) wp.org #19 7 too low 13 Multi Page Auto Advance for Gravity Forms 2K+ · 4.3★ (20) wp.org #22 ↓1 9 too low 14 Proxy Cache Purge 50K+ · 4.4★ (26) wp.org #17 3 too low 15 HIPAA Forms 800+ · 4.3★ (9) wp.org #20 ↑2 5 too low 16 Captcha.eu 300+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #24 8 too low 17 V View All Post's Pages 100+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #4 13 too high 18 G GoodBarber 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #21 ↓1 3 too low 19 PressMeGPT – Header & Footer for Elementor 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 11 too high 20 AIFORYA Table of Contents 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 9 too high 21 Thenameda Partial Form Recovery for WPForms — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 9 too high 22 StaticGuard — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 9 too high 23 NgSurvey – Powerful, feature rich self-hosted surveys 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 14 too high 24 Web To Print Shop : Core 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 14 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.