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

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 types order”, we agree with wp.org 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

Essential Content Types shows at wp.org #9 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 20K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.7★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager places #7 on merit, 5.0★ from 1525 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Post Types Order 600K+ · 4.5★ (296) wp.org #1 2 Simple Custom Post Order 300K+ · 4.8★ (587) wp.org #2 3 Post SMTP – Complete Email Delivery and SMTP Solution with Email Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App 300K+ · 4.7★ (528) wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too low 4 Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order 500K+ · 4.5★ (162) wp.org #3 ↑1 1 too high 5 Post Views Counter 100K+ · 4.9★ (1236) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 Advanced Order Export For WooCommerce 100K+ · 5.0★ (350) wp.org #10 4 too low 7 Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager 90K+ · 5.0★ (1525) wp.org #17 ↑7 10 too low 8 Gravity Forms + Custom Post Types 10K+ · 4.4★ (46) wp.org #7 ↑2 1 too high 9 Real Custom Post Order: Create a custom order for your content 8K+ · 4.8★ (42) wp.org #6 ↓1 3 too high 10 Display Post Types – Post Grid, post list and post sliders 8K+ · 5.0★ (26) wp.org #5 ↑1 5 too high 11 Post Duplicator 200K+ · 4.8★ (80) wp.org #12 ↓4 1 too low 12 Order Export & Order Import for WooCommerce 50K+ · 4.7★ (337) wp.org #14 ↓3 2 too low 13 Sequential Order Number for WooCommerce 50K+ · 4.9★ (146) wp.org #21 ↓3 8 too low 14 The Post Grid – Shortcode, Gutenberg Blocks and Elementor Addon for Post Grid 100K+ · 4.8★ (265) wp.org #24 ↓2 10 too low 15 Intuitive Custom Post Order 400K+ · 4.4★ (139) wp.org #19 ↓6 4 too low 16 Custom Post Types and Custom Fields creator – WCK 10K+ · 4.7★ (97) wp.org #15 ↑1 1 too high 17 MB Custom Post Types & Custom Taxonomies 10K+ · 4.7★ (13) wp.org #13 ↑1 4 too high 18 C Custom Post Type Widgets 10K+ · 4.8★ (14) wp.org #16 ↑1 2 too high 19 Post Type Transfer 2K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #11 ↑10 8 too high 20 WP Sort Order 6K+ · 4.5★ (17) wp.org #23 ↓3 3 too low 21 Custom Order Numbers for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.2★ (25) wp.org #18 ↓11 3 too high 22 P Post Order By Category 1K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #20 ↓1 2 too high 23 Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #22 1 too high 24 Essential Content Types 20K+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #9 ↑3 15 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.