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

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 “nest”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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

Animate In View shows at wp.org #5 but places #15 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.5★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

OAuth Single Sign On – SSO (OAuth Client) places #5 on merit, 4.9★ from 327 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 wp.org
1 Table of Contents Plus – Automatic Table of Contents for Posts & Pages 200K+ · 4.5★ (187) wp.org #3 ↑1 2 too low 2 Nested Pages 90K+ · 4.7★ (126) wp.org #4 ↓1 2 too low 3 Nested Shortcodes 1K+ · 4.8★ (14) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Spectra Blocks – AI Website Builder for the Block Editor 60K+ · 4.6★ (53) wp.org #8 ↓2 4 too low 5 OAuth Single Sign On – SSO (OAuth Client) 6K+ · 4.9★ (327) wp.org #18 ↓2 13 too low 6 Reorder Posts – Quick Post Type and Page Ordering 10K+ · 3.9★ (28) wp.org #7 ↑1 1 too low 7 Animated Blocks on Scroll 2K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #6 ↑1 1 too high 8 AC’s Retirement Nest Egg Calculator 80+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #1 7 too high 9 EazyDocs – AI Powered Knowledge Base, Wiki, Documentation & FAQ Builder 2K+ · 4.7★ (100) wp.org #19 ↑2 10 too low 10 WP All Export – Product Export Add-On for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.5★ (24) wp.org #12 2 too low 11 Advanced Accordion Gutenberg Block – Create Beautiful FAQs, Content Accordions & Interactive Tabs 9K+ · 4.1★ (34) wp.org #15 4 too low 12 Web Directory plugin Free – AI powered 300+ · 4.1★ (20) wp.org #13 1 too low 13 Super List Block 700+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #10 ↓1 3 too high 14 Save & Go 200+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #9 ↑1 5 too high 15 Animate In View 1K+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #5 10 too high 16 Missing Menu Items 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #11 5 too high 17 AI website builder for the block editor and Elementor – Advanced Addons 600+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #14 3 too high 18 FormNest – 日本語対応フォームビルダー 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↑1 2 too high 19 XML Nest Creator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 2 too low 20 Arts Horizontal Scroll for Elementor 80+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↑1 3 too high 21 N Nest Frontend Editor for H5P — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 2 too low 22 Crow's Nest Menu Navigation — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 Blocksolid 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↓1 3 too high 24 Advanced Taxonomy Manager 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 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.