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

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 “preposition”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 of the top 18. 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

Auto Summarize Post Content shows at wp.org #4 but places #11 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 90+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Zalomení 6K+ · 5.0★ (15) wp.org #1 2 Rapls AI Chatbot – Self-Hosted RAG & MCP Server 80+ · 4.9★ (9) wp.org #8 6 too low 3 Blank Footnotes 300+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #7 4 too low 4 Speedx Smart Line Breaks 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 Cute Tags – One-Click Smart Tag Generator 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 Automatic NBSP 3K+ · 4.2★ (13) wp.org #13 7 too low 7 W WP ragadjust 10+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #15 8 too low 8 MITS No Lonely Words — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 3 too high 9 SEO Fury – SEO & GEO: Schema, XML Sitemap, Redirects, 404 Monitor, llms.txt 20+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #11 2 too low 10 Scientific AI Keyword Explorer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 4 too high 11 Auto Summarize Post Content 90+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #4 7 too high 12 Random Sentence Generator 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 2 too high 13 Dhruval Admin Command Palette — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 4 too high 14 MobiDevices Slug Translate — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 2 too high 15 EffortLess Multisite Auto Translate — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 C Chess By Blog 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↑1 17 G Gambit Arrow Custom Front End Translator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 18 T Title Capitalization 20+ · 0.0★ (0) 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.