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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “php quick profiler”

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 “php quick profiler”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 5 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

SpeeSeek – Find What Slows Your WordPress Site shows at wp.org #9 but places #13 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its — 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

Clearfy Cache – WordPress optimization plugin, Minify HTML, CSS & JS, Defer places #3 on merit, 4.7★ from 339 reviews, but shows at wp.org #14. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Code Profiler – WordPress Performance Profiling and Debugging Made Easy 8K+ · 4.3★ (36) wp.org #1 2 Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster 100K+ · 4.9★ (1564) wp.org #6 4 too low 3 Clearfy Cache – WordPress optimization plugin, Minify HTML, CSS & JS, Defer 40K+ · 4.7★ (339) wp.org #14 11 too low 4 Profiler Integration for Gravity Forms 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 Scrutoscope – WordPress Performance Profiler 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 AIO Performance Profiler, Monitor, Optimize, Compress & Debug 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 SitePulse – Performance Monitor, Safe Updates & Site Management 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 3 too high 8 Acknowledgify 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 Speedix 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 Carticy SiteVitals – Security, Speed, Performance & Database Optimization — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 5 too low 11 MCP Content Manager Lite 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 Mochyon Pulse 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 1 too high 13 SpeeSeek – Find What Slows Your WordPress Site — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 4 too high 14 Dobsie — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 2 too high 15 WPHI Diagnostic Suite Lite — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 2 too high 16 Klydexa Site Integrity Audit — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 Clicks Admin Toolkit — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 18 Blue Editoria : Content workflow — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too low 19 W WP-Developer-Tools 10+ · 3.5★ (2) wp.org #18 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.