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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “post redirect”

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 “post redirect”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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

Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts shows at wp.org #13 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 5K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.7★ average from 7 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI places #11 on merit, 4.8★ from 27821 reviews, but shows at wp.org #18. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Custom Post Type UI 1M+ · 4.6★ (276) wp.org #2 ↑5 1 too low 2 Post SMTP – Complete Email Delivery and SMTP Solution with Email Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App 300K+ · 4.7★ (528) wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too low 3 301 Redirects – Redirect Manager 300K+ · 4.7★ (578) wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too low 4 LoginWP (Formerly Peter's Login Redirect) 80K+ · 4.8★ (503) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too low 5 WP Post Redirect 3K+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #1 4 too high 6 Redirection 100K+ · 5.0★ (419) wp.org #9 ↑2 3 too low 7 Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security 5M+ · 4.7★ (5039) wp.org #10 ↓1 3 too low 8 Safe Redirect Manager 40K+ · 4.7★ (78) wp.org #8 9 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ · 4.8★ (7519) wp.org #15 ↓1 6 too low 10 Redirection for Contact Form 7 200K+ · 4.7★ (275) wp.org #7 ↓1 3 too high 11 Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27821) wp.org #18 7 too low 12 All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) wp.org #12 13 Smart Post – Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider Gutenberg Blocks for Blog & News 20K+ · 4.7★ (210) wp.org #14 ↓1 1 too low 14 Duplicate Post 300K+ · 4.9★ (1623) wp.org #24 10 too low 15 Simple Page Redirect 10K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #6 ↓1 9 too high 16 404 to 301 – Redirect Manager, 301 Redirection, 404 Error Logs & 404 Monitoring 100K+ · 4.7★ (321) wp.org #21 ↓1 5 too low 17 Shortcode Redirect 10K+ · 4.3★ (31) wp.org #11 ↓1 6 too high 18 WP 404 Auto Redirect to Similar Post 30K+ · 4.9★ (113) wp.org #22 ↓1 4 too low 19 Simple 301 Redirects by BetterLinks – Easy Redirect Manager 100K+ · 3.8★ (162) wp.org #17 ↓1 2 too high 20 Maintenance & Coming Soon Redirect Animation 3K+ · 5.0★ (34) wp.org #16 ↓1 4 too high 21 A Attachment Pages Redirect 10K+ · 4.9★ (47) wp.org #23 2 too low 22 Sky Login Redirect 2K+ · 4.7★ (24) wp.org #20 ↓1 2 too high 23 Duplicate Page and Post 70K+ · 4.6★ (29) wp.org #19 ↓2 4 too high 24 Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #13 11 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.