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

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 “rag”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 of the top 20. 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.

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Ranked above its merit

Markdown for AI Agents shows at wp.org #4 but places #12 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 500+ 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 Rapls AI Chatbot – Self-Hosted RAG & MCP Server 90+ · 4.9★ (9) wp.org #1 2 MxChat – AI Chatbot & Content Generation for WordPress 2K+ · 5.0★ (31) wp.org #2 3 WPBot – AI ChatBot for Live Support, Lead Generation, WordPress Automation, AI Services 5K+ · 4.7★ (124) wp.org #3 4 wpForo Forum 20K+ · 4.7★ (390) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too low 5 Hyve Lite – AI Chatbot Trained on WordPress Posts, Pages, Products & More with ChatGPT 7K+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 AI Content Signals 800+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #7 ↓1 1 too low 7 WP Fastest Site Search 100+ · 5.0★ (27) wp.org #24 17 too low 8 AI Chatbot & Semantic Search: ChatGPT Answers From Your Content 100+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #11 3 too low 9 RAG Chat for Amazon Bedrock 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #10 ↓3 1 too low 10 Limb AI Chatbot 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #15 ↓1 5 too low 11 AI Support Assistant 30+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #16 5 too low 12 M Markdown for AI Agents 500+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 ↑11 8 too high 13 Odyssey LLMS 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 4 too high 14 AskAny – AI Chatbot with RAG, Live Agent and Order Tracking 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 ↓1 8 too high 15 AI Chatbot & Live Chat – WebChatAgent 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #17 ↓1 2 too low 16 WebMCP Bridge 700+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 4 too high 17 Markdown for Agents and Statistics 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 4 too high 18 Mescio for Agents 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↓4 4 too high 19 ChatBudgie – AI Chatbot based on ChatGPT, RAG and Knowledge Base 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓2 20 N NoughtDigital RAG Assistant — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 1 too low 21 RAG Sitemap Chatbot — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 2 too low 22 Sant Chat AI 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 ↓1 23 KP Agent Ready 70+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 5 too high 24 S2B AI Assistant – ChatBot, Chatbot Inspector, Image Generator 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↓1 4 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.