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

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 “onesignal”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

WhoKnew Signal – Self-Hosted Web Push Notifications & PWA shows at wp.org #8 but places #15 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 30+ 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

Broadcast places #6 on merit, 4.9★ from 214 reviews, but shows at wp.org #11. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 OneSignal – Web Push Notifications 60K+ · 4.3★ (360) wp.org #1 2 PWA for WP – Progressive Web Apps Made Simple 10K+ · 4.6★ (230) wp.org #2 3 Super Progressive Web Apps 40K+ · 4.6★ (225) wp.org #3 4 AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages 70K+ · 4.4★ (1319) wp.org #4 5 Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots 10K+ · 4.8★ (142) wp.org #5 ↑1 6 Broadcast 1K+ · 4.9★ (214) wp.org #11 ↑1 5 too low 7 Push Notification for Post and BuddyPress 200+ · 4.7★ (24) wp.org #6 ↑1 1 too high 8 Perfecty Push Notifications 3K+ · 4.6★ (42) wp.org #10 ↑1 2 too low 9 RevivePress – Keep your Old Content Evergreen 4K+ · 4.6★ (116) wp.org #14 5 too low 10 AMP WP – Google AMP For WordPress 600+ · 4.5★ (55) wp.org #15 ↑2 5 too low 11 WonderPush – Web Push Notifications – WooCommerce Abandoned Cart – GDPR 600+ · 4.8★ (36) wp.org #17 ↑1 6 too low 12 Hyper PWA – Bringing Modern Progressive Web App Experiences 400+ · 4.7★ (12) wp.org #13 ↑2 1 too low 13 Progressify – All-in-One Progressive Web App (PWA) 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #7 ↑1 6 too high 14 App Builder – Create Native Android & iOS Apps On The Flight 500+ · 3.9★ (8) wp.org #9 5 too high 15 WhoKnew Signal – Self-Hosted Web Push Notifications & PWA 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 ↑2 7 too high 16 All-in-one Chat Button by anychat.one 900+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #12 ↑1 4 too high 17 Optimazz – Website Optimization and Speedup 30+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #18 1 too low 18 W webtonative 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #16 2 too high 19 MDS Live Chat and Helpdesk — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #21 2 too low 20 Stionic Core – Create Mobile app for WordPress news 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too high 21 Push notification for Mobile and Web app 400+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 MasterAI RankWriter — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 Tiamis – AI Live Chat — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1 1 too low 24 Ultimate Push Notifications 50+ · 3.0★ (4) wp.org #23 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.