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

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 “openid”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 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

KP Agent Ready shows at wp.org #12 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 70+ 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

WPO365 | SEAMLESS WORDPRESS + MICROSOFT INTEGRATION (WPO365 | LOGIN) places #4 on merit, 4.9★ from 154 reviews, but shows at wp.org #8. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 OAuth Single Sign On – SSO (OAuth Client) 6K+ · 4.9★ (327) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 O OpenID Connect Generic Client 10K+ · 5.0★ (21) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Social Login, Social Sharing by miniOrange 10K+ · 4.6★ (356) wp.org #3 4 WPO365 | SEAMLESS WORDPRESS + MICROSOFT INTEGRATION (WPO365 | LOGIN) 10K+ · 4.9★ (154) wp.org #8 4 too low 5 WP OAuth Server ( Login with WordPress ) 1K+ · 4.9★ (41) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 WP OAuth Server (OAuth Authentication) 3K+ · 3.8★ (41) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 SCIM User Sync/Provisioning 200+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #10 ↓1 3 too low 8 WP Login and Register using JWT 100+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #11 ↓1 3 too low 9 SNORDIAN's H5PxAPIkatchu 500+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #14 ↓1 5 too low 10 O OpenID Connect Server 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 5 too high 11 All-in-One Microsoft 365 & Entra ID / Azure AD SSO Login 600+ · 3.9★ (7) wp.org #16 ↓2 5 too low 12 Scouting OpenID Connect 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 8 too high 13 Socicon 200+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #13 ↓2 14 Infomaniak Connect for OpenID 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 5 too high 15 QRAuth – Passwordless & Social Login 40+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 16 Well-Known File Manager 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #17 ↓2 1 too low 17 C Cross-Site SSO for OpenID Connect — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too low 18 Open Access SSO 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓3 1 too low 19 SSO for Microsoft Entra 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 Keystone OIDC 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓5 2 too low 21 KP Agent Ready 70+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 9 too high 22 Logliy – Login Protect (Passkey, Email, SSO) 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓6 2 too low 23 Feedliyo Lite – Social Feed & Product Feed & Review Feed 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 2 too high 24 AgeWallet – Age Verification & Age Estimation for WordPress & WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (1) 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.