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

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 “ocr”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 2 of the top 20.

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

Jim – Accessible Converter shows at wp.org #19 but places #24 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 Captcha by BestWebSoft – Advanced Spam Protection, Math & OCR-Friendly Captcha for Site Forms 10K+ · 4.1★ (21) wp.org #1 2 MxChat – AI Chatbot & Content Generation for WordPress 2K+ · 5.0★ (31) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 WebEquipe PDF Search 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 WP Helper Premium 1K+ · 3.6★ (8) wp.org #4 5 FileDeck – Document Library & Download Manager 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Ming's OCR Scanner — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 AI Provider for mittwald 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 8 SFR Book Review Showcase 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 9 PufferPDF — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 1 too low 10 Akashic Health Records Patient Portal — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 1 too low 11 a11yfy – PDF Accessibility Checker & Fixer — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 Impact Connect Nonprofits Donation — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 13 SIANO Vision AltText AI — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 14 Verba — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 15 Cash to Cash Payments for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 16 Savoy Accessibility – Drop-In PDF Accessibility for WordPress (WCAG 2.1 AA) — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 Zuperix DAM — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 1 too low 18 Zactonz AI Connector for Mistral AI — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓2 2 too low 19 Autoanaf E-Invoicing for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓2 2 too low 20 SearchCue: AI Site Search & Answers — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↓2 3 too high 21 GuardPic Image Credit Checker — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓2 1 too low 22 ChameFlow AI — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓2 1 too low 23 Chimy’s AI Coding Lab — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓2 1 too low 24 Jim – Accessible Converter — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 5 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.