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

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 “sameas”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 7 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 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

BreznGEO shows at wp.org #19 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its 10+ 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 VigIA – AI Visibility, Analytics & Control 2K+ · 5.0★ (19) wp.org #1 2 DiagnoSEO – Fast and Automated On-page SEO 100+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #5 ↑1 3 too low 3 RankReady – AI SEO, Schema, llms.txt, AEO and GEO for ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity 500+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #3 ↑1 4 SameAs Profile Manager — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #2 ↑1 2 too high 5 AI Generative Search Optimizer 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 ↑1 1 too high 6 Schema Blocks 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 2 too low 7 Y Yaomu SEO 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 8 OmniGEO Ai SEO 70+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 ↓4 2 too high 9 ZHS Site Audit and SEO Diagnostics — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↑1 10 Agentimus – AI SEO, llms.txt & MCP for AI Agents 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #20 ↓5 10 too low 11 ByTheWeb GEO – AI Visibility & SEO Toolkit 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 ↑1 1 too high 12 Sekhlo Schema Code 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 1 too low 13 MyAuthorityIQ 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too low 14 Hridyaa AI Search Readiness Optimizer — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↑1 3 too high 15 WP Rankify – AI SEO, Schema JSON-LD & AI Content Optimizer 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 ↓3 3 too high 16 Aetos SEO Audit – AI Readiness Checker 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↑1 1 too low 17 Geoa – AI SEO & AEO on Autopilot 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↑2 1 too low 18 StaticForge for Cloudflare Pages 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↑1 3 too high 19 WPMazic SEO Lite — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↑1 3 too high 20 INI Scout 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↑1 1 too low 21 CiteNexus GEO Engine AI — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too low 22 Zen GEO – Generative Engine Optimization 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 AI Data Layer – AI SEO & AI Search Optimization: llms.txt, MCP Server, Schema (AEO/GEO) — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 BreznGEO 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 5 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.