wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “posthog.com”

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 “posthog.com”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 1 of the top 18.

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.

merit plugin signals wp.org

CookieBoxs – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent & Google Consent Mode v2 200+ · 4.4★ (5) thin reviews wp.org #2 1 too low 2

PostHog for WP – PostHog.com Integration 100+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #1 1 too high 3

Meep AI Translator – Multilingual for Elementor, WooCommerce & Forms 10+ · 5.0★ (4) thin reviews wp.org #7 4 too low 4

GoDAM – Video Hosting for LMS & Online Courses 100+ · 5.0★ (2) thin reviews wp.org #4 5

PayMongo Hosted Checkout for WooCommerce 100+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviewslow rating, top placement wp.org #3 2 too high 6

OpptiAI Alt Text – AI Alt Text Generator for Image SEO 10+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviewslow rating, top placement wp.org #5 1 too high 7

Tagbridge – Deep Integration for PostHog — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #6 1 too high 8

CookieKita — GDPR Consent & Cookie Banner 10+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #8 9

Aetos SEO Audit – AI Readiness Checker 10+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #9 10

AG Data for PostHog — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #10 11

Analytics Integration for PostHog, WP, & WC 20+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #11 12

ImportShield – WooCommerce CSV Import Preview & Risk Checker — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #12 13

Pressed Hog – Analytics for PostHog — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #13 14

OpptiAI Internal Linking – Find Orphan Pages for SEO — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #14 15

OpptiAI Titles – AI SEO Titles and Meta Descriptions — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #15 16

Conversion Relay — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #16 17

Clicksora Click Fraud Protection — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #17 18

ShopMetrics for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #18

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.