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

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 “siteurl”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 17 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

Acknowledgify shows at wp.org #3 but places #8 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Broken Link Checker places #5 on merit, 3.8★ from 605 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Newsletters 2K+ · 4.7★ (246) wp.org #1 2 R Really Simple CSV Importer 40K+ · 4.9★ (107) wp.org #8 ↓1 6 too low 3 Indexedy | Track Google Indexing & Get Your Links Indexed Faster 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Easy Web Accessibility by Wawsome 20+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #4 5 Broken Link Checker 500K+ · 3.8★ (605) wp.org #21 ↑1 16 too low 6 Change Storefront Footer Copyright Text 3K+ · 4.9★ (34) wp.org #19 ↓2 13 too low 7 CDN Enabler 10K+ · 4.1★ (51) wp.org #22 ↓2 15 too low 8 Acknowledgify 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 5 too high 9 AgentMod 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 4 too high 10 Linkstraight Redirect Fixer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 4 too high 11 Onionify – Onion Service for WP 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↑1 4 too high 12 Trazelio – Migration Leftover URL Scanner — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 3 too high 13 Kuvarssoft Continuity — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 3 too high 14 Scripts + Pixels DataLayer Manager — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓2 3 too high 15 Site2App MCP Gateway — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓1 3 too high 16 CraftRoq Relocate DB — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 3 too high 17 Customize Admin 3K+ · 3.6★ (5) wp.org #24 ↓3 7 too low 18 Loghaven Site Logs & Reports — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 4 too high 19 ChangeTrace – Sales Drop & Plugin Update Monitor for WooCommerce and EDD — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓2 4 too high 20 Kuvarssoft Backup & Restore — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 4 too high 21 Merchant.WiKi SEO Audit — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓2 4 too high 22 Nubivio Security Headers, security.txt & NIS2 Compliance for Healthcare — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 4 too high 23 Vokull Security Center — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 3 too high 24 Solutiontech Seguridad de acceso — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 1 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.