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

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 “revive”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 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

WPC Cart Revive for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #8 but places #12 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its 10+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

RevivePress – Keep your Old Content Evergreen places #4 on merit, 4.6★ from 116 reviews, but shows at wp.org #9. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Revive Social – Social Media Auto Post and Scheduling Automation Plugin 20K+ · 4.0★ (556) wp.org #1 2 LightStart – Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon and Landing Page Builder 400K+ · 4.3★ (874) wp.org #2 3 Revive.so – Bulk Rewrite and Republish Blog Posts 600+ · 4.9★ (22) wp.org #3 4 RevivePress – Keep your Old Content Evergreen 4K+ · 4.6★ (116) wp.org #9 5 too low 5 Social Engine 600+ · 4.8★ (30) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 LinkBoss – Semantic AI Internal Linking 2K+ · 4.8★ (17) wp.org #6 7 Republish Old Posts 2K+ · 4.3★ (12) wp.org #4 3 too high 8 Revive To Sky – Post old content to Bluesky 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #5 3 too high 9 Social Post Flow – Social Media Automation, Scheduling, Scheduler, Posting & Auto Post 200+ · 4.2★ (10) wp.org #11 2 too low 10 Content Mask 1K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #20 10 too low 11 W WP125 3K+ · 4.0★ (16) wp.org #21 10 too low 12 WPC Cart Revive for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 4 too high 13 CRE Revival Engine — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 A Auto Republish & Permalink Manager 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 4 too high 15 BackupRidge 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↑2 2 too high 16 BlueSoup AI Auto Linker — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 2 too high 17 Lyxity — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 2 too high 18 Content Freshness Monitor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 2 too high 19 Post Flow — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 2 too high 20 H Hazel Harlow — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 2 too high 21 PaintClarity — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 2 too high 22 Fuerte-WP | WordPress Security, Auto-Updates and Admin Control 90+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 ClickTrail – UTM, Click ID & Ad Tracking (with Consent) 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 I Internal Link Manager 90+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #22 2 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.