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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “session mirror”

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 “session mirror”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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

LandTech Extras for Elementor shows at wp.org #8 but places #15 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 80+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WP Activity Log 300K+ · 4.7★ (490) wp.org #1 2 Campos Checkout Brasileiro para WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (45) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Royal MCP – Secure AI Connector for Claude, ChatGPT & any LLM via MCP 10K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 FluentAuth – Login Security, Two-Factor Authentication, Passkeys & Social Login 10K+ · 4.1★ (35) wp.org #4 5 CoCart – Headless REST API for WooCommerce 900+ · 4.9★ (21) wp.org #5 6 MooWoodle – WordPress Moodle LMS Integration, Sell Moodle Courses via WooCommerce 800+ · 4.3★ (39) wp.org #9 3 too low 7 OpenStation – Admin Dashboard Notes, Custom Dashboard, AI Assistant & PWA 1K+ · 5.0★ (23) wp.org #17 ↓1 10 too low 8 TimeSaverBot – Multilingual AI Chatbot for WooCommerce & Live Chat 100+ · 5.0★ (17) wp.org #18 ↓1 10 too low 9 Logic Hop – Dynamic Content Personalization for WordPress 70+ · 4.5★ (10) wp.org #13 ↓1 4 too low 10 EchoPing – Telegram Order Notifications for WooCommerce 40+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #6 4 too high 11 ParrotPoster – Auto Post to Social Media 100+ · 3.0★ (8) wp.org #7 4 too high 12 Giuliomax Menu Builder 20+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #22 10 too low 13 Nginx Cache Purge Preload 200+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #12 ↓1 1 too high 14 Timeline – Tell Your Story Through Events and Milestones 2K+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #10 4 too high 15 LandTech Extras for Elementor 80+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 7 too high 16 HelpGent – Video Funnels and Conversational Forms for WordPress 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #23 ↓2 7 too low 17 S Simple Radio Forty Two 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 ↓1 3 too high 18 Eventin Addon for Elementor 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 7 too high 19 Ndizi Project Management 10+ · 3.5★ (4) wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too low 20 Customer Cloud Gallery – Google Drive & Dropbox Image Gallery 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↓1 5 too high 21 Cryptocurrency Payments & Donations with Copperx 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↓1 5 too high 22 Plugtuner Radio Player 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓2 2 too low 23 OffCanvas / Drawer – add sleek slide-in panels to any page 900+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↓1 4 too high 24 Digital Leap User Profile UX — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↓1 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.