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

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 “pagely”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 of the top 19. 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 it throws errors on current PHP, whether the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

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Ranked above its merit

Prune WooCommerce Orders shows at wp.org #4 but places #12 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 200+ 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

GSpeech TTS – WordPress Text To Speech Plugin places #8 on merit, 4.8★ from 178 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Download Monitor 80K+ · 4.5★ (525) wp.org #1 2 WP Activity Log 300K+ · 4.7★ (490) wp.org #2 3 Use Any Font | Custom Font Uploader 200K+ · 4.7★ (1148) wp.org #8 ↓1 5 too low 4 Patchstack – WordPress & Plugins Security 100K+ · 4.8★ (62) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 NitroPack – Performance, Page Speed & Cache Plugin for Core Web Vitals, CDN & Image Optimization 80K+ · 4.3★ (311) wp.org #12 ↓2 7 too low 6 Fast Velocity Minify 30K+ · 4.6★ (195) wp.org #13 ↓2 7 too low 7 WPSSO Core – Complete Schema Markup and Meta Tags 4K+ · 4.6★ (306) wp.org #14 ↓2 7 too low 8 GSpeech TTS – WordPress Text To Speech Plugin 3K+ · 4.8★ (178) wp.org #16 ↓2 8 too low 9 BerqWP – All-In-One Optimization for Core Web Vitals, Cache, CDN, Images, CSS & JavaScript 4K+ · 4.3★ (54) wp.org #15 ↓2 6 too low 10 Backup Database 50+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #18 ↓2 8 too low 11 Download Monitor – CORS 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 6 too high 12 P Prune WooCommerce Orders 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 8 too high 13 FizzyTech HST Calculator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 7 too high 14 CacheNova – Auto Clear Cache, Browser Cache & Database Optimizer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 7 too high 15 P Pagely MultiEdit 300+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #17 ↓2 2 too low 16 Cache Watch – Clear Cache Everywhere — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 7 too high 17 Tigsaw – AI + Visual Editor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓2 7 too high 18 Variolab – A/B Testing — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓2 7 too high 19 I Integration Plugin for Pagely Resellers 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓2

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.