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

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 slug”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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.

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Ranked above its merit

Remove Taxonomy Slug shows at wp.org #2 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 20 places. Its 400+ 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

Duplicate Post places #10 on merit, 4.9★ from 1623 reviews, but shows at wp.org #22. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Smart User Slug Hider 2K+ · 4.9★ (55) wp.org #1 2 Remove Category URL – Remove ‘category’ base from category permalinks 40K+ · 4.3★ (61) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Remove Dashboard Access 30K+ · 4.6★ (78) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #11 7 too low 5 Remove CPT base 10K+ · 5.0★ (33) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 Polylang 900K+ · 4.7★ (3004) wp.org #13 7 too low 7 Edit Author Slug 100K+ · 4.8★ (84) wp.org #10 3 too low 8 Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4962) wp.org #17 9 too low 9 Ailo – AI Slug Translator 1K+ · 4.9★ (12) wp.org #5 4 too high 10 Duplicate Post 300K+ · 4.9★ (1623) wp.org #22 12 too low 11 Permalink Manager Lite 100K+ · 4.8★ (176) wp.org #15 4 too low 12 Redirection 2M+ · 4.4★ (703) wp.org #14 2 too low 13 Loginizer 1M+ · 4.8★ (1033) wp.org #23 10 too low 14 Slugs Manager: Delete Old Permalinks from WordPress Database 3K+ · 4.2★ (13) wp.org #6 8 too high 15 WP Hide & Security Enhancer 50K+ · 4.3★ (275) wp.org #24 9 too low 16 Custom Permalinks 100K+ · 4.1★ (116) wp.org #18 2 too low 17 Post Duplicator 200K+ · 4.8★ (80) wp.org #20 3 too low 18 Premmerce Permalink Manager for WooCommerce 40K+ · 3.9★ (53) wp.org #16 2 too high 19 Pinyin Slugs 3K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #9 10 too high 20 Permalink Manager for WooCommerce 8K+ · 4.9★ (26) wp.org #21 1 too low 21 Remove Taxonomy URL 1K+ · 4.2★ (6) wp.org #8 13 too high 22 R Remove Taxonomy Slug 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 20 too high 23 Slug Search and Admin Columns 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 11 too high 24 Checkout & Store Toolkit for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 5 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.