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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “schedule post”

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 “schedule post”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 of the top 20. 4 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

Missed Schedule Post Publisher shows at wp.org #3 but places #13 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 6K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Revive Social – Social Media Auto Post and Scheduling Automation Plugin places #11 on merit, 4.0★ from 556 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Schedule Post Changes With PublishPress Future: Unpublish, Delete, Change Status, Trash, Change Categories 100K+ · 4.5★ (172) wp.org #1 2 Simply Schedule Appointments 50K+ · 5.0★ (155) wp.org #2 3 SchedulePress – Auto Post & Publish, Auto Social Share, Schedule Posts with Editorial Calendar & Missed Schedule Post Publisher 10K+ · 4.6★ (201) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 The Events Calendar 600K+ · 4.2★ (2461) wp.org #6 ↓1 2 too low 5 UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin 4M+ · 4.8★ (8706) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy 600K+ · 5.0★ (4625) wp.org #11 ↓1 5 too low 7 Post Duplicator 200K+ · 4.8★ (80) wp.org #7 ↓1 8 MWW Scheduled Post Trigger 60K+ · 4.4★ (27) wp.org #5 ↑2 3 too high 9 PublishPress Revisions: Duplicate Posts, Submit, Approve and Schedule Content Changes 10K+ · 4.6★ (66) wp.org #12 ↑2 3 too low 10 Social Media Auto Poster – Schedule & Publish to Buffer 7K+ · 4.5★ (125) wp.org #13 ↓4 3 too low 11 Revive Social – Social Media Auto Post and Scheduling Automation Plugin 20K+ · 4.0★ (556) wp.org #19 ↓1 8 too low 12 Auto Featured Image (Auto Post Thumbnail) 40K+ · 3.8★ (119) wp.org #10 ↑1 2 too high 13 Missed Schedule Post Publisher 6K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #3 10 too high 14 Missed Scheduled Posts Publisher by WPBeginner 20K+ · 4.9★ (60) wp.org #18 ↓2 4 too low 15 WooCommerce 7M+ · 4.5★ (4833) wp.org #16 ↓4 1 too low 16 Delete Duplicate Posts 10K+ · 4.8★ (153) wp.org #24 ↓2 8 too low 17 Editorial Calendar 20K+ · 4.9★ (79) wp.org #22 ↓2 5 too low 18 Noptin – Newsletter, New Post Notifications & Email Automation 10K+ · 4.5★ (120) wp.org #20 2 too low 19 Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #9 10 too high 20 Publish to Schedule 3K+ · 4.3★ (23) wp.org #15 ↓2 5 too high 21 Social Post Flow – Social Media Automation, Scheduling, Scheduler, Posting & Auto Post 200+ · 4.2★ (10) wp.org #14 ↑1 7 too high 22 Auto Delete Post – Ultimate plugin for deleting a post automatically 300+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #23 ↓2 1 too low 23 Snack Missed Schedule 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #17 6 too high 24 Auto Update Post Date 2K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #21 ↓2 3 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.