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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “quick cache”

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 “quick cache”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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

Clear Cache Everywhere shows at wp.org #12 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 1K+ 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.

Buried gem

Under Construction places #10 on merit, 4.8★ from 1285 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 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #1 2 WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin 1M+ · 4.9★ (4229) wp.org #2 3 W3 Total Cache 900K+ · 4.4★ (5420) wp.org #3 4 Super Page Cache – Cloudflare Cache, Page Speed & Core Web Vitals 70K+ · 4.8★ (518) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 WP Super Cache 1M+ · 4.3★ (1346) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance 1M+ · 4.8★ (2617) wp.org #6 7 Quick Featured Images 50K+ · 4.7★ (235) wp.org #7 8 Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27820) wp.org #13 ↑1 5 too low 9 Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4962) wp.org #14 ↓1 5 too low 10 Under Construction 600K+ · 4.8★ (1285) wp.org #17 ↓3 7 too low 11 Quick Event Manager 1K+ · 4.9★ (67) wp.org #11 ↑1 12 10Web Booster – Website speed optimization, Cache & Page Speed optimizer 60K+ · 4.6★ (405) wp.org #18 6 too low 13 Quick Adsense – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads 20K+ · 3.9★ (74) wp.org #10 3 too high 14 Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics 3M+ · 3.7★ (2408) wp.org #15 ↑5 1 too low 15 Comet Cache 20K+ · 4.4★ (108) wp.org #19 4 too low 16 Quick 301 Redirects 7K+ · 4.6★ (12) wp.org #8 8 too high 17 FastPixel Cache – Optimize Page Speed: Compress Images, Minify, Clean Database & CDN 4K+ · 4.8★ (50) wp.org #24 ↑1 7 too low 18 WPGraphQL Smart Cache 5K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #9 9 too high 19 W Widget Output Cache 200+ · 4.9★ (7) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 LWS Optimize – All-in-One Speed Booster & Cache Tools 20K+ · 4.6★ (9) wp.org #23 ↓1 3 too low 21 XT Quick View for WooCommerce 300+ · 3.8★ (13) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too low 22 Nginx Cache Purge Preload 200+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #21 ↓2 1 too high 23 Disable CSS JS Cache 400+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #16 ↓1 7 too high 24 Clear Cache Everywhere 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 ↓1 12 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.