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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “notify sms”

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 “notify sms”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 of the top 20. 4 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

ShopMagic – Twilio SMS shows at wp.org #6 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 700+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Simply Schedule Appointments places #11 on merit, 5.0★ from 155 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 SMS Alert – SMS Notifications & OTP Login, COD Verification, Abandoned Cart Recovery 3K+ · 4.6★ (35) wp.org #1 2 Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ · 4.8★ (3220) wp.org #9 ↑1 7 too low 3 Email Marketing for WooCommerce by Omnisend 40K+ · 4.9★ (169) wp.org #8 ↑1 5 too low 4 Online Scheduling and Appointment Booking System – Bookly 60K+ · 4.4★ (586) wp.org #12 ↑3 8 too low 5 Advanced Shipment Tracking for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.5★ (355) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 Post SMTP – Complete Email Delivery and SMTP Solution with Email Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App 300K+ · 4.7★ (528) wp.org #13 ↓1 7 too low 7 WC – APG SMS Notifications 300+ · 4.8★ (23) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Notify.lk SMS for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #2 6 too high 9 Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar – Amelia 90K+ · 4.6★ (793) wp.org #21 ↓1 12 too low 10 BulkGate SMS Plugin for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.1★ (12) wp.org #3 7 too high 11 Simply Schedule Appointments 50K+ · 5.0★ (155) wp.org #24 13 too low 12 Notification – Custom Notifications and Alerts for WordPress 10K+ · 4.6★ (124) wp.org #22 ↑1 10 too low 13 Five Star Restaurant Reservations – WordPress Booking Plugin 10K+ · 4.7★ (211) wp.org #17 4 too low 14 Back In Stock Notifier for WooCommerce | WooCommerce Waitlist Pro 20K+ · 4.7★ (122) wp.org #15 ↑1 1 too low 15 Noptin – Newsletter, New Post Notifications & Email Automation 10K+ · 4.5★ (120) wp.org #16 ↓8 1 too low 16 TextMe SMS 500+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #4 12 too high 17 Multibanco, MB WAY, Credit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Payshop, and PIX (ifthenpay) for WooCommerce 8K+ · 5.0★ (21) wp.org #19 ↑2 2 too low 18 Notification Master – Real-Time WordPress Notifications With Email, SMS, Webhooks & More 1K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #11 ↑2 7 too high 19 ShopMagic – Twilio SMS 700+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 13 too high 20 NotifSMS – SMS Notifications OTP & 2FA for WordPress & WooCommerce 1K+ · 3.4★ (18) wp.org #20 ↓2 21 BugSnag Error Monitoring plugin 2K+ · 3.7★ (9) wp.org #23 ↓1 2 too low 22 Notify.Events – Ultimate notifications 80+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #18 ↓1 4 too high 23 Receive Notifications After Form Submitting – Form Notify for Any Forms 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 ↑1 13 too high 24 Branded SMS Pakistan 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 10 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.