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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “rocket wordpress plugin”

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 “rocket wordpress plugin”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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

Rocket Font – 한글 shows at wp.org #6 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 14 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.6★ average from 5 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Cookie Compliance for WordPress – Cookie Consent, GDPR & CCPA places #10 on merit, 4.8★ from 3026 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin 400K+ · 4.0★ (1323) wp.org #1 2 Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4962) wp.org #2 3 GTM4WP – A Google Tag Manager (GTM) plugin for WordPress 700K+ · 4.5★ (155) wp.org #3 4 LazyLoad Plugin – Lazy Load Images, Videos, and Iframes 100K+ · 4.2★ (139) wp.org #5 ↑7 1 too low 5 Filter Everything — WordPress & WooCommerce Filters 50K+ · 4.6★ (154) wp.org #8 ↓2 3 too low 6 Speed Optimizer – The All-In-One Performance-Boosting Plugin 1M+ · 4.2★ (641) wp.org #7 ↓2 1 too low 7 Translate WordPress – Google Language Translator 100K+ · 4.7★ (620) wp.org #12 ↑2 5 too low 8 WPS Hide Login 2M+ · 4.8★ (2111) wp.org #14 ↓1 6 too low 9 FooGallery Photo Gallery : Image, Video & Masonry Galleries 100K+ · 4.8★ (995) wp.org #13 ↓3 4 too low 10 Cookie Compliance for WordPress – Cookie Consent, GDPR & CCPA 800K+ · 4.8★ (3026) wp.org #17 ↓1 7 too low 11 Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox 100K+ · 3.9★ (95) wp.org #9 ↓2 2 too high 12 CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin by NiteoThemes 200K+ · 4.7★ (326) wp.org #16 4 too low 13 Social Rocket – Social Sharing Plugin 1K+ · 5.0★ (12) wp.org #4 9 too high 14 Imagify Image Optimization: Optimize Images | Compress & Convert to WebP/AVIF 900K+ · 4.3★ (1656) wp.org #18 ↓3 4 too low 15 Quiz Cat – WordPress Quiz Plugin 4K+ · 4.7★ (35) wp.org #11 4 too high 16 GSpeech TTS – WordPress Text To Speech Plugin 3K+ · 4.8★ (178) wp.org #21 ↓3 5 too low 17 Security Ninja – WordPress Security & Firewall 7K+ · 4.7★ (101) wp.org #19 ↑1 2 too low 18 Safelayout Cute Preloader – CSS3 WordPress Preloader 10K+ · 5.0★ (84) wp.org #24 ↓2 6 too low 19 Rate My Post – Star Rating Plugin by FeedbackWP 20K+ · 4.7★ (159) wp.org #23 4 too low 20 Rocket Font – 한글 1K+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #6 14 too high 21 The Hack Repair Guy’s Plugin Archiver 300+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 SEO Rocket Integration 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 12 too high 23 CodeCareBD – Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 500+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #22 ↓3 1 too high 24 Cookie Rocket, Cookie Consent Banner and Script Blocker for GDPR, CCPA and LGPD 70+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 9 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.