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

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 “nim”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 7 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

Kognetiks AI Summaries shows at wp.org #7 but places #13 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 10+ 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.

merit plugin signals wp.org

Code Block Pro – Beautiful Syntax Highlighting 10K+ · 4.8★ (50) wp.org #1 2

Kognetiks Chatbot 500+ · 4.5★ (22) throws errorsnot PHP-current thin reviews wp.org #2 3

Forgeia AI Provider for NVIDIA 10+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviewslow rating, top placement wp.org #3 ↑1 4

AI Provider for NVIDIA 20+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviewslow rating, top placement wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too high 6

Ai Auto Tool Content Writing Assistant All in One 40+ · 4.1★ (8) thin reviews wp.org #16 ↓1 10 too low 7

Nims Content Order Manager — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviewslow rating, top placement wp.org #5 2 too high 8

AIKCT Engine Chatbot 10+ · 3.0★ (4) thin reviews wp.org #6 2 too high 9

DB AI Field Generator for Advanced Custom Fields — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #8 1 too high 10

PidiXat AI — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #9 1 too high 11

Cryptocurrency Checkout – Accept Bitcoin, Ethereum and Nimiq 40+ · 5.0★ (3) throws errorsnot PHP-currentclosure risk thin reviews wp.org #14 ↓1 3 too low 12

Hibrinix SEO — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #10 2 too high 13

Kognetiks AI Summaries 10+ · 0.0★ (0) throws errorsnot PHP-current thin reviews wp.org #7 6 too high 14

WPBetterCodeHighlighting — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #11 ↓1 3 too high 15

Sales Bot dla WC — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #12 ↓1 3 too high 16

TrafficWatchdog Sales Bot — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #13 ↓1 3 too high 17

Koneek – AI Provider for OpenAI-Compatible 30+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #17 ↓1 18

ING Księgowość 200+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #18 ↓1 19

AI Backup full — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #19 ↓1 20 A Asystent WPzlecenia — · 0.0★ (0) closure risk thin reviews wp.org #21 ↓1 1 too low 21 S SeoPilot 10+ · 5.0★ (1) closure risk thin reviews wp.org #20 ↓1 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.