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

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

Conditional Blocks – Advanced Content Visibility Control for WordPress shows at wp.org #10 but places #15 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its 2K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.9★ average from 15 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

MailOptin – Popup, Optin Forms & Email Newsletters for Mailchimp, HubSpot, AWeber Etc. places #9 on merit, 4.8★ from 438 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin signals wp.org

ProfilePress – Paid Membership, Online Courses (LMS), Ecommerce, User Registration & Login Form, User Profile & Restrict Content 100K+ · 3.1★ (938) low rating, top placement wp.org #1 2

LoginWP (Formerly Peter's Login Redirect) 80K+ · 4.8★ (503) wp.org #2 3

Site Reviews 60K+ · 4.9★ (376) wp.org #3 4

One User Avatar | User Profile Picture 100K+ · 4.7★ (41) wp.org #4 5

Zero Spam for WordPress 20K+ · 4.1★ (143) wp.org #6 1 too low 6

Noptin – Newsletter, New Post Notifications & Email Automation 10K+ · 4.5★ (120) wp.org #7 1 too low 7

FuseWP – WordPress User Sync to Email List & Marketing Automation (Mailchimp, Constant Contact, ActiveCampaign etc.) 2K+ · 4.9★ (25) wp.org #5 2 too high 8

Invisible Anti-Spam & CAPTCHA — reCAPTCHA Alternative for All Forms 5K+ · 4.8★ (50) wp.org #8 ↑1 9

MailOptin – Popup, Optin Forms & Email Newsletters for Mailchimp, HubSpot, AWeber Etc. 10K+ · 4.8★ (438) wp.org #16 7 too low 10

Confetti – Celebration Effects for WordPress 2K+ · 5.0★ (49) wp.org #11 1 too low 11

CrawlWP SEO – Complete WordPress SEO Plugin with AI, Indexing & Search Performance 30K+ · 4.7★ (62) wp.org #12 1 too low 12 A Admin Bar & Dashboard Access Control 3K+ · 4.7★ (18) thin reviews wp.org #9 ↓1 3 too high 13

Knit Pay – Cashfree, Instamojo, Razorpay, PayPal and more 2K+ · 4.9★ (100) wp.org #18 ↑1 5 too low 14

Advanced Form Integration — Connect Forms to 300+ Apps 9K+ · 4.8★ (91) wp.org #17 3 too low 15

Conditional Blocks – Advanced Content Visibility Control for WordPress 2K+ · 4.9★ (15) thin reviews wp.org #10 5 too high 16

Email OTP Authenticator – Login, Register & 2FA 100+ · 5.0★ (12) thin reviews wp.org #13 3 too high 17

Knit Pay Pro – Mercado Pago, CCAvenue, Easebuzz, Thawani 200+ · 5.0★ (4) thin reviews wp.org #14 3 too high 18

ExpressTechSoftwares Addon for MemberPress and Discord 200+ · 4.5★ (8) thin reviews wp.org #21 3 too low 19

Knit Pay UPI – Paytm for Business, PhonePe Business, BharatPe, HDFC 200+ · 5.0★ (4) thin reviews wp.org #15 4 too high 20

PayXra for ProfilePress — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #19 ↓1 2 too high 22

Database Anonymization Free Edition 10+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #20 2 too high 23

FlowSync – Sync WordPress Users to Any CRM (HubSpot, Pipedrive, Brevo, Zoho & SuiteCRM) 20+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #23 24

Connect Ultimate Member to Discord 30+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #24 ↓1

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.