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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “plugin disabler”

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 “plugin disabler”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 4 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

Plugin Disabler shows at wp.org #19 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its 300+ 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

پارسی دیت – Parsi Date places #7 on merit, 4.6★ from 130 reviews, but shows at wp.org #12. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal 40K+ · 4.8★ (397) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Clearfy Cache – WordPress optimization plugin, Minify HTML, CSS & JS, Defer 40K+ · 4.7★ (339) wp.org #5 3 too low 3 Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin 1M+ · 4.5★ (157) wp.org #3 4 Disabler 900+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #1 3 too high 5 Assets manager, dequeue scripts, dequeue styles for WordPress 2K+ · 4.3★ (53) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Blocksy Companion 300K+ · 4.7★ (93) wp.org #8 2 too low 7 پارسی دیت – Parsi Date 100K+ · 4.6★ (130) wp.org #12 5 too low 8 Meks Quick Plugin Disabler 1K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #4 4 too high 9 RCD-Right Click Disabler 1K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #16 ↓1 7 too low 10 Disable Customizer 400+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 GN Toggle and Accordion Animation Disabler 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 4 too high 12 Wp Disabler 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #20 ↓1 8 too low 13 Quick Disabler — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 3 too high 14 Advanced Search Disabler — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 3 too high 15 Block Editor Disabler — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 2 too high 16 ProfileGuard – Anti Spam for LMS Profiles — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 AccessWise – Power to restrict your website and it's content — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 2 too high 18 PB4Host Security — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 1 too high 19 Complete Admin Suite — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 1 too high 20 Commenti – Disable & Remove Comments, Stop Spam [Multi-Site Support] — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓2 2 too low 21 Simple XML-RPC Disabler 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 22 SMT Toolkit for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1 2 too low 23 Simple XML-RPC Pingback Disabler 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 24 Plugin Disabler 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↓1 5 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.