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

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 “mvp”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 5 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

Interactive Funnel Engine shows at wp.org #12 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its — 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 MVP Docs — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #1 2 Ringbot AI Chat Voice Agent — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #3 ↑1 1 too low 3 M MVPAffiliate — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 CF7 Mate – Contact Form 7 Styler, Multi-Step Forms & Conditional Logic 20K+ · 3.9★ (46) wp.org #20 ↑2 16 too low 5 The Innovative Form Builder – IvyForms 1K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #23 18 too low 6 ScoreFix – Boost Lighthouse & Improve UX — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 ↑1 2 too high 7 Sieve – Faceted Filter for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #7 8 Quick Media Inspect 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 ↓2 3 too high 9 Unstoppable Voting, Polls & Elections 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 DestinX ClaimMap — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 AutoRepair AI — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 PDFSmith – HTML to PDF Converter — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 4 too high 13 CoxInbox – Form Inbox & Database for Contact Form 7 — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 Huviena Inventory Analytics for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 G GenVisiAI for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 EDSA GlowTrack Connector — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 1 too high 17 Interactive Funnel Engine — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 5 too high 18 NexVendor – Simple Multi-Vendor Marketplace — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 2 too high 19 NibbleSecure – Hide Login, Limit Login Attempts & Brute Force Shield — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 2 too high 20 F FormTrail Inbox — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 2 too high 21 HomeSelf VPR Connector — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 2 too high 22 Freshtag – Last Modified Info & Timestamp, Detect Old Content, Boost SEO 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 Pantheon HUD 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too high 24 Code Meta Opengraph Tag Generator 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↓1 3 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.