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

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 redirection”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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

Successful Redirection for Contact Form shows at wp.org #7 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 10K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 4 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Page Builder by SiteOrigin places #10 on merit, 4.8★ from 1005 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Redirection 2M+ · 4.4★ (703) wp.org #1 2 Redirection 100K+ · 5.0★ (419) wp.org #2 3 Duplicate Page 3M+ · 4.8★ (466) wp.org #3 4 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ · 4.8★ (7519) wp.org #8 ↓3 4 too low 5 Easy HTTPS Redirection (SSL) 100K+ · 4.2★ (71) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 SEO Redirection Plugin – 301 Redirect Manager 10K+ · 4.3★ (73) wp.org #5 ↑1 1 too high 7 All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) wp.org #10 3 too low 8 IP2Location Redirection 7K+ · 4.3★ (43) wp.org #6 ↑1 2 too high 9 404 to 301 – Redirect Manager, 301 Redirection, 404 Error Logs & 404 Monitoring 100K+ · 4.7★ (321) wp.org #13 4 too low 10 Page Builder by SiteOrigin 400K+ · 4.8★ (1005) wp.org #17 7 too low 11 Redirection for Contact Form 7 200K+ · 4.7★ (275) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 PPWP – Password Protect Pages 30K+ · 4.7★ (271) wp.org #15 ↑1 3 too low 13 P Page Links To 100K+ · 4.9★ (157) wp.org #16 ↓1 3 too low 14 301 Redirects – Redirect Manager 300K+ · 4.7★ (578) wp.org #23 9 too low 15 WPFront Scroll Top 200K+ · 4.9★ (142) wp.org #24 9 too low 16 S Simple Membership After Login Redirection 10K+ · 4.8★ (15) wp.org #11 5 too high 17 SEO Engine – Smart SEO with AI, Schema & Redirection for WordPress 1K+ · 4.9★ (48) wp.org #21 4 too low 18 Simple Page Access Restriction 6K+ · 4.9★ (32) wp.org #18 19 CF7 Apps – Addons for Contact Form 7 (Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, etc.) 300K+ · 3.8★ (135) wp.org #12 7 too high 20 Successful Redirection for Contact Form 10K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #7 ↑1 13 too high 21 All In One Redirection 1K+ · 4.4★ (11) wp.org #14 7 too high 22 Simple Redirection 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #19 3 too high 23 Redirect 404 to Home Page – Custom URL 4K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #20 3 too high 24 404 Image Redirection (Replace Broken Images) 500+ · 3.5★ (2) 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.