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

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 “peasy”, 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Easy-Peasy.AI Chatbot shows at wp.org #5 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 100+ 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

Hummingbird Performance – Cache & Page Speed Optimization for Core Web Vitals | Critical CSS | Minify CSS | Defer CSS Javascript | CDN places #4 on merit, 4.7★ from 1488 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Disable Media Sizes 10K+ · 5.0★ (23) wp.org #1 2 Disable WP Sitemaps 10K+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #2 3 Disable Lazy Load 9K+ · 4.5★ (23) wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too low 4 Hummingbird Performance – Cache & Page Speed Optimization for Core Web Vitals | Critical CSS | Minify CSS | Defer CSS Javascript | CDN 70K+ · 4.7★ (1488) wp.org #20 ↓1 16 too low 5 Subscribe Forms – Beautiful Email Forms, Embedded Newsletter Forms & MailChimp Form 2K+ · 4.7★ (60) wp.org #10 ↓1 5 too low 6 Hydrogen Calendar Embeds 1K+ · 4.5★ (6) wp.org #3 3 too high 7 Simple Login Notification 2K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #6 ↓1 1 too high 8 GutenBee – Gutenberg Blocks 6K+ · 4.9★ (18) wp.org #9 ↓1 1 too low 9 Disable Application Passwords 3K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #7 ↓1 2 too high 10 Better Badge – Custom Product Badges for WooCommerce 600+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #11 ↓1 1 too low 11 Chartify – WordPress Chart Plugin 3K+ · 4.9★ (28) wp.org #21 ↓1 10 too low 12 Auto Cloudinary 200+ · 4.4★ (14) wp.org #15 ↓1 3 too low 13 S Simple Testimonials 300+ · 5.0★ (14) wp.org #18 ↓1 5 too low 14 Web3Press – Migrating to 3ook.com Decentralized Bookstore 300+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #23 ↓1 9 too low 15 C Content Visibility 90+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #19 ↓1 4 too low 16 Easy-Peasy.AI Chatbot 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 ↓1 11 too high 17 Disable WP Robots 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 ↓1 9 too high 18 Hello Event 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #16 ↓1 2 too high 19 Lemon Squeezy — Sell Digital Products, Subscriptions, and Licenses 500+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #14 ↓1 5 too high 20 Product Expiration Easy Peasy 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 ↓1 8 too high 21 WatchTowerHQ 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 ↓1 8 too high 22 Application Passwords Enable 800+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 5 too high 23 All Path Messaging — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too high 24 Disable Widget Block Editor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1

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.