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

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 reviews”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 of the top 20. 5 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.

Ranked above its merit

Remove Schema shows at wp.org #9 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.8★ average from 12 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) places #11 on merit, 5.0★ from 423 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Reviews and Rating – Google Reviews 20K+ · 4.9★ (184) wp.org #1 2 WP Social Ninja – Embed Social Feeds, User Reviews & Chat Widgets 30K+ · 4.8★ (71) wp.org #2 ↑3 3 W WP Customer Reviews 20K+ · 4.3★ (528) wp.org #3 4 Reviews Widgets for Google, TripAdvisor, Yelp & Recommendations 10K+ · 4.9★ (326) wp.org #6 ↓2 2 too low 5 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ · 4.8★ (7519) wp.org #12 ↓1 7 too low 6 Remove "Powered by WordPress" 20K+ · 4.4★ (21) wp.org #4 ↑2 2 too high 7 Revopic – Photo Reviews for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (77) wp.org #5 ↓3 2 too high 8 Yotpo Product Reviews 2K+ · 4.5★ (192) wp.org #11 ↑1 3 too low 9 MailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation 500K+ · 4.4★ (1435) wp.org #15 6 too low 10 Faview – Virtual Reviews for WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.6★ (54) wp.org #7 3 too high 11 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #20 ↑3 9 too low 12 ReviewX – Multi-Criteria Reviews for WooCommerce with Google Reviews & Schema 6K+ · 4.5★ (85) wp.org #16 ↑2 4 too low 13 Code Snippets 1M+ · 4.7★ (510) wp.org #18 ↓4 5 too low 14 NS Remove Related Products for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.6★ (64) wp.org #13 ↑3 1 too high 15 Disable WooCommerce Reviews 2K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #8 7 too high 16 Reviews Plus 1K+ · 4.4★ (15) wp.org #10 6 too high 17 Remove Schema 1K+ · 4.8★ (12) wp.org #9 ↑4 8 too high 18 Starfish Review Generation & Marketing for WordPress 100+ · 4.6★ (25) wp.org #14 ↑3 4 too high 19 Wbcom Designs – BuddyPress Member Reviews 200+ · 4.7★ (18) wp.org #21 2 too low 20 Ryviu – Review Importer & Product Reviews 1K+ · 3.8★ (43) wp.org #23 ↓1 3 too low 21 Slugs Manager: Delete Old Permalinks from WordPress Database 3K+ · 4.2★ (13) wp.org #22 1 too low 22 Wiremo – Product Reviews for WooCommerce 600+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #19 ↑1 3 too high 23 WebwinkelKeur: Webshop keurmerk & reviews for WordPress 4K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Affiliate Reviews 300+ · 3.3★ (3) wp.org #17 ↑2 7 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.