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

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 “revisions”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 of the top 20. 2 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

Simple Revision Control shows at wp.org #10 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.8★ average from 13 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Super Page Cache – Cloudflare Cache, Page Speed & Core Web Vitals places #11 on merit, 4.8★ from 517 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 Code Snippets 1M+ · 4.7★ (510) wp.org #1 2 Simple Revisions Delete 10K+ · 4.9★ (50) wp.org #2 ↓1 3 Optimize Database after Deleting Revisions 60K+ · 4.7★ (181) wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too low 4 All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) wp.org #6 ↓2 2 too low 5 PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes 10K+ · 4.6★ (66) wp.org #5 6 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #8 2 too low 7 Advanced Database Cleaner – Optimize & Clean Database to Speed Up Site Performance 100K+ · 4.9★ (1962) wp.org #13 ↓6 6 too low 8 WP Document Revisions 2K+ · 3.7★ (23) wp.org #3 ↓1 5 too high 9 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) wp.org #9 ↑3 10 WP-Sweep 100K+ · 4.7★ (138) wp.org #11 1 too low 11 Super Page Cache – Cloudflare Cache, Page Speed & Core Web Vitals 70K+ · 4.8★ (517) wp.org #22 11 too low 12 W WP Revisions Control 40K+ · 4.7★ (13) wp.org #7 ↓1 5 too high 13 Database Cleaner: Cleanup, Optimization & Repair 10K+ · 5.0★ (150) wp.org #24 11 too low 14 Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories 100K+ · 4.5★ (172) wp.org #23 ↓6 9 too low 15 Woody Code Snippets – Insert PHP, CSS, JS, and Header/Footer Scripts 50K+ · 4.5★ (221) wp.org #20 ↑1 5 too low 16 Breeze Cache 300K+ · 3.6★ (133) wp.org #15 ↑5 1 too high 17 Revision Manager TMC 1K+ · 4.9★ (10) wp.org #12 ↓2 5 too high 18 Simple Revision Control 1K+ · 3.8★ (13) wp.org #10 ↓1 8 too high 19 AI 60K+ · 4.2★ (10) wp.org #21 2 too low 20 Time-based Revision Cleanup 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #18 ↓2 2 too high 21 Companion Revision Manager – Revision Control 4K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #19 ↓1 2 too high 22 MAKcubes | No Revisions & Purge 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↓1 8 too high 23 Disable Post Revision 2K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↓3 6 too high 24 Duplicate Page or Post, Delete Revisions and Enable Classic Editor 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↓1 8 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.