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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “remove blog”

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 “remove blog”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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

Comment Link Remove and Other Comment Tools shows at wp.org #5 but places #15 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 8K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.1★ average from 15 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor places #8 on merit, 4.9★ from 2051 reviews, but shows at wp.org #18. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Disable Blog 20K+ · 4.7★ (14) wp.org #1 2 Smart Archive Page Remove 6K+ · 4.9★ (59) wp.org #2 3 Remove Category URL – Remove ‘category’ base from category permalinks 40K+ · 4.3★ (61) wp.org #3 ↓1 4 Blog Filter – Post Grid Filter by Category or Tag 7K+ · 4.9★ (81) wp.org #4 ↓1 5 Blog Designer Pack – Blog, Post Grid, Post Slider, Post Carousel, Category Post, News 30K+ · 4.7★ (79) wp.org #6 ↓2 1 too low 6 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ · 4.8★ (7519) wp.org #11 ↓2 5 too low 7 Simple Blog Stats 4K+ · 4.9★ (38) wp.org #7 ↓1 8 ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051) wp.org #18 ↓1 10 too low 9 Print My Blog – Print, PDF, & eBook Converter WordPress Plugin 8K+ · 4.8★ (115) wp.org #9 ↓2 10 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #20 ↓5 10 too low 11 Ultimate Post Kit – Elementor Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider & Blog Layout Widgets 30K+ · 4.8★ (58) wp.org #13 2 too low 12 MailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation 500K+ · 4.4★ (1435) wp.org #17 ↓6 5 too low 13 B Blog-in-Blog 800+ · 5.0★ (16) wp.org #10 ↓2 3 too high 14 Smart Attachment Page Remove 900+ · 4.7★ (13) wp.org #8 6 too high 15 Comment Link Remove and Other Comment Tools 8K+ · 4.1★ (15) wp.org #5 10 too high 16 WP Super Cache 1M+ · 4.3★ (1346) wp.org #22 ↓1 6 too low 17 Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress 200K+ · 4.6★ (1205) wp.org #23 6 too low 18 Media Hygiene: Remove or Delete Unused Images and More! 4K+ · 4.2★ (41) wp.org #21 3 too low 19 Magazine Blocks – Blog Designer, Magazine & Newspaper Website Builder, Page Builder with Posts Blocks, Post Grid 6K+ · 4.9★ (11) wp.org #24 ↓4 5 too low 20 Remove Website URL Field From Comment Form 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #12 ↓2 8 too high 21 Remove Social ID for WP 100+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #19 ↓3 2 too high 22 RPS Blog Info 100+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #14 ↓1 8 too high 23 Remove WP Admin Bar 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↑4 8 too high 24 Travel Map 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 8 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.