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

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 “revocation”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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

Public Preview URL Manager shows at wp.org #6 but places #11 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its 200+ 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 Germanized for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.8★ (496) wp.org #1 2 Simple History – Track, Log, and Audit WordPress Changes 300K+ · 4.9★ (491) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Easy MCP AI – Connect Claude to WordPress: MCP Server for ChatGPT & AI Agents 30K+ · 4.9★ (16) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 JWT Authentication for WP REST API 60K+ · 4.4★ (53) wp.org #4 ↑1 5 Login Armor 500+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #8 ↑1 3 too low 6 WP Admin Audit 1K+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #7 ↑1 1 too low 7 WP Global Site Tag 7K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #5 ↑1 2 too high 8 Connector Wizard (formerly LC Wizard) 800+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #12 4 too low 9 PGP Key Generator 50+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #9 10 Semly – AI Visibility & GEO 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #14 ↑10 4 too low 11 Public Preview URL Manager 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 ↑1 5 too high 12 PressPrimer Certificate – Certificate Designer & Course Certification for Your LMS 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #16 ↓1 4 too low 13 Revoker for WooCommerce 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 Export Orders for WooCommerce – AI & MCP for Claude and ChatGPT 500+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #18 ↓1 4 too low 15 Askoweb Order Withdrawal Control 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 5 too high 16 KaliCart Bridge – Agentic Commerce Catalog, ChatGPT Product Feed & MCP 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 3 too high 17 Widerrufsbutton 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 2 too low 18 SitePublisher AI 90+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↑1 3 too high 19 Simple JWT Auth – JWT Authentication for WP REST API — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 2 too low 20 Elite Licenser addon for Easy Digital Downloads (EDD) 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↓3 3 too high 21 PreviewShare 90+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓3 2 too low 22 PKL WPz REST API Authentication 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 Sokket – MCP Server: Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor & Any AI Agent to WordPress 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↓1 3 too high 24 WP Mechanic 10+ · 5.0★ (1) 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.