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

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 “sequentially”, we and wp.org disagree 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

QuizFlow – AI-Powered Quiz Maker 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 2.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 GamiPress – Gamification plugin to reward points, badges & ranks in WordPress, now with AI 10K+ · 4.9★ (493) wp.org #3 2 too low 2 Image Alt Text 10K+ · 5.0★ (56) wp.org #2 3 Chronological Posts 1K+ · 4.9★ (12) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 Easy Accordion – AI-Powered FAQ & Accordion Blocks, Product FAQ 70K+ · 4.9★ (358) wp.org #4 5 Advanced Accordion Gutenberg Block – Create Beautiful FAQs, Content Accordions & Interactive Tabs 9K+ · 4.1★ (34) wp.org #5 6 Post & Page Migrator — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #11 5 too low 7 S Status Exporter 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Image Format Converter 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 1 too low 9 SEO Magic – Free AI SEO Assistant 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 WolkTools Dry Run Importer — · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #23 13 too low 11 WP Funnel Manager 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 Skip Links for Menus 80+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 4 too high 13 Type-WR 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 Smart Ad Engine with Report 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 LinguaRank AI — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #22 7 too low 16 SparkPlus 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 Doc Mitayo — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 3 too high 18 AVCL Subscription Interval Repair for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 3 too high 19 StepSelect for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 Shogun Product Update Notifier for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 1 too low 21 CRAI Content Updater — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 4 too high 22 SignalKit — Google News Publisher Banners, Lead Generation & Engagement — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 4 too high 23 BelegDachs Invoice Generator for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 QuizFlow – AI-Powered Quiz Maker 10+ · 2.0★ (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.