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

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 “republishing”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 1 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

Keryx Signage shows at wp.org #15 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its — 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 Post to Google My Business (Google Business Profile) 10K+ · 4.9★ (159) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Seriously Simple Podcasting 20K+ · 4.7★ (330) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Republish Old Posts 2K+ · 4.3★ (12) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 RevivePress – Keep your Old Content Evergreen 4K+ · 4.6★ (116) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Hyve Lite – AI Chatbot Trained on WordPress Posts, Pages, Products & More with ChatGPT 7K+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 Selective Image Guard | A deterrent for unauthorized downloads and scraping 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 ↑2 7 RankPill Integration 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 2 too low 8 oik batchmove 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 ↓1 1 too high 9 Auto Post Expire 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 ↓1 1 too high 10 Blogr.ai – SEO Article Auto-Publisher 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 1 too low 11 Arrow Design Post Publisher for X 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↑1 1 too low 12 A Auto Republish & Permalink Manager 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 2 too high 13 Unstale – Refresh Old Posts with AI, Fact-Check & Republish 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 14 ManscaleAI Integration 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 15 via.mg – Auto Short Links & Social Previews — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 1 too low 16 Prajesh Content Clone — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 1 too low 17 Internal Pingback Comments — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 1 too low 18 CRE Revival Engine — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 1 too low 19 Keryx Signage — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 4 too high 20 LeagueMakerApp Competition Embed — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 21 M Marketing Mystery Content Republisher — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 22 1 108WP Content Protector Lite — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓3 23 Stay-Board Booking — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 24 ContentPeaks — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓3

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.