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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “og:type”

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 “og:type”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

AEO Engine shows at wp.org #12 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 100+ 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

Slim SEO – AI SEO Plugin, Lightweight, Fast & Automated places #10 on merit, 4.7★ from 136 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 OG — Better Share on Social Media 20K+ · 4.8★ (216) wp.org #1 2 SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO 300K+ · 4.8★ (1268) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Social Preview and Open Graph Tags 50K+ · 4.6★ (122) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Header Footer Code Manager 600K+ · 4.9★ (309) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Woody Code Snippets – Insert PHP, CSS, JS, and Header/Footer Scripts 50K+ · 4.5★ (221) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 Open Graph Protocol Framework 3K+ · 4.3★ (15) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 Remove CPT base 10K+ · 5.0★ (33) wp.org #10 3 too low 8 SEO SIMPLE PACK 100K+ · 4.6★ (14) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 Landing Page Builder – Coming Soon page, Maintenance Mode, Lead Page, WordPress Landing Pages 8K+ · 4.6★ (202) wp.org #18 9 too low 10 Slim SEO – AI SEO Plugin, Lightweight, Fast & Automated 70K+ · 4.7★ (136) wp.org #21 11 too low 11 Royal MCP – Secure AI Connector for Claude, ChatGPT & any LLM via MCP 10K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #8 3 too high 12 VK All in One Expansion Unit 100K+ · 4.0★ (7) wp.org #7 5 too high 13 Image SEO – AI-Driven Image SEO Optimizer 900+ · 3.4★ (57) wp.org #23 10 too low 14 Visibility – Lightweight SEO, AEO and GEO for Search and AI 600+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #14 15 Trendly AI Post – AI Content Generator, ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude and Google News Auto Blog 50+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #20 5 too low 16 Simple SEO Improvements 300+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #16 17 OG Tags 2K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #11 6 too high 18 Sharing Image 600+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #17 1 too high 19 Branded Social Images – Open Graph Images with logo and extra text layer 800+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #19 20 AI Open Graph Image Generator – OpenGraph.xyz 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 5 too high 21 Dynamic Fields Engine – Custom post types, Custom fields, Meta fields, Taxonomies, Listing builder, Query builder and Relations 3K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 8 too high 22 Schwarttzy's Open Graph 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 AEO Engine 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 11 too high 24 BlogSEO 90+ · 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.