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

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 “revalidation”, 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Seraphinite Accelerator 50K+ · 4.8★ (476) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Content Revalidation Tracker 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 LLMs.txt Curator 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 On-Demand Revalidation 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Headless 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 6 Page Authority – Allowed Domains 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 7 Auto Blogger – Automated AI Blogging 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↑9 1 too low 8 Headless Deploy Panel for Vercel — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 1 too low 9 Publisima Cache – Page Cache & Speed Optimization — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 HeadlessNext Connector — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓1 2 too low 11 StructuraWP – AI Autoblogging & Auto Blog Post Scheduler — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 ↓1 1 too high 12 Headless Portfolio CMS — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 1 too low 13 Decouplix Previews & Smart Purge — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 1 too low 14 Agentic Bridge — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↓1 3 too high 15 DK Headless API — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 16 Tlloancy Step Configurator for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 17 SazCancel – Auto-Cancel On-Hold Orders — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 18 ArvynnTech Smart Shipping Rules for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 UploadSleuth – Media Audit & Cleanup — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 20 Email Re-Validator; revalidation solution for Ultimate Member — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 21 Nexora Engine — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 22 Georg-Kloster Calendar Workshop — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 LC Smart Media Redirect & Cleaner — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 24 Kitgenix Document Manager — · 0.0★ (0) 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.