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

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 “repeat”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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

Repeater for Contact Form 7 shows at wp.org #7 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 17 places. Its 500+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Customer Reviews for WooCommerce places #7 on merit, 4.8★ from 1539 reviews, but shows at wp.org #14. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2143) wp.org #3 2 too low 2 Post Views Counter 100K+ · 4.9★ (1236) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields 100K+ · 4.8★ (418) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 W3 Total Cache 900K+ · 4.4★ (5420) wp.org #6 ↑2 2 too low 5 WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ · 2.9★ (583) wp.org #2 3 too high 6 Repeat Order for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #1 5 too high 7 Customer Reviews for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.8★ (1539) wp.org #14 ↑1 7 too low 8 Checkout Field Editor (Checkout Manager) for WooCommerce 400K+ · 4.9★ (1056) wp.org #13 5 too low 9 Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, Appointments and more! 60K+ · 4.2★ (551) wp.org #10 1 too low 10 OneSignal – Web Push Notifications 60K+ · 4.3★ (360) wp.org #8 ↓2 2 too high 11 Advanced Product Fields (Product Addons) for WooCommerce 50K+ · 4.8★ (284) wp.org #15 ↑2 4 too low 12 Loyalty Points Rewards and Referral for WooCommerce – WPLoyalty 3K+ · 5.0★ (310) wp.org #12 ↓1 13 Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider 500K+ · 4.6★ (742) wp.org #20 7 too low 14 HurryTimer – An Scarcity and Urgency Countdown Timer for WordPress & WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.8★ (170) wp.org #19 5 too low 15 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #21 ↓5 6 too low 16 Scratch & Win – Giveaways and Contests. Boost subscribers, traffic, repeat visits, referrals, sales and more 100+ · 4.7★ (30) wp.org #11 ↑1 5 too high 17 Wallet for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.7★ (188) wp.org #17 ↑1 18 AudioIgniter Music Player 10K+ · 4.6★ (64) wp.org #24 ↓1 6 too low 19 Vigilant – 100% Free Security Suite: Firewall, 2FA, Login, Headers, Scanner… 3K+ · 5.0★ (24) wp.org #18 ↑2 1 too high 20 PiWeb Cancel order / Refund request for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.8★ (39) wp.org #23 ↓1 3 too low 21 Repeater Fields for WPForms 400+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #9 12 too high 22 Booter – Bots & Crawlers Manager 7K+ · 4.7★ (12) wp.org #16 ↑3 6 too high 23 Addoncraft Repeater For Elementor ACF 100+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too high 24 Repeater for Contact Form 7 500+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #7 17 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.