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

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 “piwik”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 of the top 20. 2 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

Simple Matomo Tracking Code shows at wp.org #6 but places #15 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 800+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Cookiebot – Cookie Banner & Cookie Consent for GDPR, CCPA & Google Consent Mode places #9 on merit, 4.4★ from 440 reviews, but shows at wp.org #23. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads 300K+ · 4.9★ (2433) wp.org #3 2 too low 2 Connect Matomo – Analytics Dashboard for WordPress 60K+ · 4.5★ (95) wp.org #2 3 Statify 100K+ · 4.8★ (51) wp.org #5 ↓1 2 too low 4 AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages 70K+ · 4.4★ (1319) wp.org #9 5 too low 5 Controls for Contact Form 7 (Redirects, Analytics & Tracking) 10K+ · 5.0★ (13) wp.org #4 ↑10 1 too high 6 Piwik PRO 2K+ · 3.3★ (7) wp.org #1 5 too high 7 WPConsent – Cookie Banner & Cookie Consent for Privacy Compliance (GDPR / CCPA / EU Compliance Cookie Notice) 200K+ · 4.8★ (84) wp.org #12 ↑1 5 too low 8 Affiliate Coupons – Coupon Display Manager – Excellent Tool for Affiliate Marketers 1K+ · 4.5★ (36) wp.org #8 ↓1 9 Cookiebot – Cookie Banner & Cookie Consent for GDPR, CCPA & Google Consent Mode 100K+ · 4.4★ (440) wp.org #23 14 too low 10 Event Tracking for Gravity Forms 10K+ · 5.0★ (37) wp.org #16 ↓1 6 too low 11 Trace My IP – Visitor IP Tracker, Stats Analytics & Page Views Counter with Email Alerts 1K+ · 4.5★ (21) wp.org #11 12 I Include Matomo Tracking, by Jonas Hellmann 500+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #7 ↓1 5 too high 13 FV Flowplayer Video Player 10K+ · 4.4★ (90) wp.org #24 11 too low 14 Featherweight 10K+ · 4.1★ (45) wp.org #21 ↑1 7 too low 15 Simple Matomo Tracking Code 800+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 ↓1 9 too high 16 Speed Up – Page Cache 50+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #22 ↑2 6 too low 17 Pk Google Analytics 300+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #13 ↓1 4 too high 18 Cookie Information – Cookie Banner with Consent Mode v2 2K+ · 3.0★ (4) wp.org #10 8 too high 19 Mailster Matomo 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↑4 5 too high 20 Reactflow Visitor Recording and Heatmaps 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 3 too high 21 KaaTai Consent Manager 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↑1 3 too high 22 DSGVO.pro Cookie Banner — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↑1 3 too high 23 Tweakr – Advanced options toolkit 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↑1 8 too high 24 Social Media Share Buttons – Socialized 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↑1 4 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.