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

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 “resolver”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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.

Ranked above its merit

All in One Content Protector & Security shows at wp.org #11 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its 100+ 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 Resolver – AI Chatbot 10+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #1 2 Server Info – System Health & Diagnostics Suite 3K+ · 3.8★ (12) wp.org #2 3 Video Dashboard 600+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #3 4 Show IP Address 900+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #4 5 Clearout Email Validator – Real-Time Email Verification on WordPress Forms 500+ · 4.2★ (13) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 AJ Agent Crawl Optimizer – AI Readiness Scanner & llms.txt for WordPress 30+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #8 2 too low 7 Multi Location Product & Inventory Management for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #19 12 too low 8 Mediaspy – Detect & Clean Unused Media 70+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 Invalid Traffic Blocker 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 4 too high 10 Loyal Security – Firewall & Malware Scanner 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #17 7 too low 11 OmniGEO – AI SEO, GEO & AEO, llms.txt & AI Visibility 70+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 3 too low 12 ReportedIP Hive: Firewall, Brute Force Protection, 2FA and Anti-Spam 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 3 too high 13 WPGraphQL IDE 1K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 3 too high 14 GoNow IA Broken URL Resolver — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 2 too high 15 Aepto Domain Expiry, SSL, DNS & PHP Security — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #20 5 too low 16 All in One Content Protector & Security 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 5 too high 17 ThemeREX eCommerce Extensions for Elementor 800+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 2 too high 18 Scanfully 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 5 too high 19 CB Bot Guard 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too high 20 Grey Rock Block Synchroniser for Wordfence and Cloudflare 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 4 too high 21 Does My Email Work – Email Deliverability Test 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 22 H Haznox Cleaner for UpdraftPlus 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 Email Health Check & Log for WooCommerce – SPF, DKIM, DMARC & Alerts — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 1 too high 24 DreamySites SMTP Mailer — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24

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.