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

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 “presse”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20.

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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

DKI Dynamic Location Inserter shows at wp.org #11 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 50+ 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 xSpeed Cache: AI-Powered Performance Hub with MCP, Caching & CDN 10K+ · 5.0★ (22) wp.org #1 2 Back In Stock Notifier for WooCommerce | WooCommerce Waitlist Pro 20K+ · 4.7★ (122) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 Responsive Mortgage Calculator 7K+ · 4.4★ (21) wp.org #3 ↓1 4 Mortgage Calculator 1K+ · 3.9★ (13) wp.org #4 ↑1 5 Radio Player Page 300+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #5 ↓1 6 VPSUForm – Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder with Email Automation 200+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #8 2 too low 7 Eventward 400+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Text to Speech – Reinvent WP 40+ · 4.7★ (15) wp.org #18 ↑1 10 too low 9 EchoPing – Telegram Order Notifications for WooCommerce 40+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 Vireo Analytics – Cookieless WordPress Stats & Google Analytics Alternative 20+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #13 ↑3 3 too low 11 Audio Comparison Lite 40+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #17 ↓2 6 too low 12 FnF.FM Radio 10+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #14 ↓3 2 too low 13 Able Player, accessible HTML5 media player 300+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #10 ↓1 3 too high 14 ConvertNow Analytics: Website Stats, Visitor Statistics, AI Traffic and Bot Filtering 70+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #20 ↑4 6 too low 15 Einsatzberichte OOE 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 ↓1 6 too high 16 Zip Code Redirect 80+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #22 ↓4 6 too low 17 Editor Custom Color Palette 90+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #21 ↓4 4 too low 18 DKI Dynamic Location Inserter 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↓1 7 too high 19 Tranzly™ – AI Translation & Multilingual 7K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 7 too high 20 FnF.FM Bangla Radio 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↓2 5 too high 21 VidLog Video Analytics 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↓2 5 too high 22 Adminkeep – Site Lockdown & Admin Enhancements 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓2 2 too low 23 J JTZL's Bot Maze 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↑2 4 too high 24 SEO Connector for Ghost.blog 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 ↓3 1 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.