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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “page hide”

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 “page hide”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 of the top 20. 3 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

WP Hide Post — Hide Posts, Pages, Custom Post Types, and Control Products Visibility for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #10 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 3K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 5 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager places #11 on merit, 5.0★ from 1525 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 WPS Hide Login 2M+ · 4.8★ (2111) wp.org #1 2 Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall 100K+ · 4.5★ (373) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Hide Page And Post Title 40K+ · 3.6★ (54) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 WP Hide & Security Enhancer 50K+ · 4.3★ (275) wp.org #4 5 P Page-list 30K+ · 4.7★ (89) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Under Construction 600K+ · 4.8★ (1285) wp.org #9 ↓2 3 too low 7 Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 600K+ · 4.8★ (333) wp.org #7 ↑3 8 MM Title Manager — Hide Page and Post Titles 10K+ · 4.4★ (17) wp.org #5 3 too high 9 PPWP – Password Protect Pages 30K+ · 4.7★ (271) wp.org #15 ↓4 6 too low 10 Page Builder by SiteOrigin 400K+ · 4.8★ (1005) wp.org #19 9 too low 11 Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager 90K+ · 5.0★ (1525) wp.org #24 13 too low 12 Hide Posts 20K+ · 4.7★ (22) wp.org #8 4 too high 13 CMS Tree Page View – Reorder Pages with a Drag-and-Drop Tree 50K+ · 4.9★ (365) wp.org #23 ↓2 10 too low 14 Loading Page with Loading Screen 10K+ · 4.6★ (124) wp.org #22 8 too low 15 WC Hide Shipping Methods 20K+ · 4.2★ (44) wp.org #16 1 too low 16 LWS Hide Login 20K+ · 4.7★ (12) wp.org #11 ↑1 5 too high 17 Greenshift – animation and page builder blocks 70K+ · 4.8★ (107) wp.org #20 ↓1 3 too low 18 WP Duplicate Page 60K+ · 4.2★ (16) wp.org #12 ↑1 6 too high 19 WP Hide Post — Hide Posts, Pages, Custom Post Types, and Control Products Visibility for WooCommerce 3K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #10 ↓1 9 too high 20 Hide Shipping Method For WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.0★ (25) wp.org #13 ↑1 7 too high 21 Hide/Remove Metadata 20K+ · 3.6★ (14) wp.org #14 ↑1 7 too high 22 Hide Categories and Products for Woocommerce 10K+ · 4.1★ (29) wp.org #18 4 too high 23 Hide WP Admin Notifications 3K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↓1 2 too high 24 Hide Any Page 600+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 7 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.