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

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 “nextpage”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 of the top 20. 3 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

List of Contents shows at wp.org #8 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 11 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

Gutenberg Block Editor Toolkit – EditorsKit places #9 on merit, 4.6★ from 176 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Easy Table of Contents 600K+ · 4.4★ (221) wp.org #1 2 AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages 70K+ · 4.4★ (1319) wp.org #2 3 Joli Table Of Contents – Table of Contents with Gutenberg Block & Shortcode 7K+ · 4.9★ (43) wp.org #3 ↑1 4 Footnotes Made Easy 2K+ · 4.6★ (40) wp.org #4 ↓1 5 WP-Paginate 20K+ · 4.6★ (107) wp.org #11 6 too low 6 HTML Editor Syntax Highlighter 60K+ · 4.4★ (110) wp.org #13 ↑6 7 too low 7 Multisite Language Switcher 3K+ · 4.8★ (99) wp.org #14 7 too low 8 I Insert Pages 30K+ · 4.8★ (71) wp.org #17 ↓2 9 too low 9 Gutenberg Block Editor Toolkit – EditorsKit 20K+ · 4.6★ (176) wp.org #20 ↓2 11 too low 10 Footnotes & Content 100+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #6 4 too high 11 jQuery Post Splitter 100+ · 4.6★ (37) wp.org #18 ↓2 7 too low 12 Multipage 900+ · 4.6★ (22) wp.org #16 ↓2 4 too low 13 A Automatically Paginate Posts 2K+ · 4.4★ (18) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 C Custom Nextpage 100+ · 4.8★ (6) wp.org #19 ↓2 5 too low 15 V View All Post's Pages 100+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #5 10 too high 16 AIFORYA Table of Contents 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 7 too high 17 Digital Table of Contents 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 10 too high 18 AuditySEO Canonical Manager — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 8 too high 19 List of Contents 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 11 too high 20 NextPage Link 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓2 5 too high 21 Ringier-Bus 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 22 INI Scout 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 System Markdown Alternate — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓2 1 too low 24 S Simple Paginated Posts 30+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #23 ↓2 1 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.