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

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 “sns”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 of the top 20. 3 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

1 Click SN Tech Cookie Consent Banner shows at wp.org #8 but places #13 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its 10+ 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

miniOrange OTP Login, Verification and SMS Notifications places #2 on merit, 4.7★ from 439 reviews, but shows at wp.org #6. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 SEO SIMPLE PACK 100K+ · 4.6★ (14) wp.org #2 ↓1 1 too low 2 miniOrange OTP Login, Verification and SMS Notifications 5K+ · 4.7★ (439) wp.org #6 4 too low 3 WSMS (formerly WP SMS): SMS and OTP for WordPress and WooCommerce 7K+ · 4.1★ (107) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Mailster AmazonSES Integration 1K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #1 3 too high 5 Active Directory Integration / LDAP Integration 4K+ · 4.9★ (211) wp.org #9 ↓1 4 too low 6 Gianism 600+ · 4.9★ (8) wp.org #3 ↑2 3 too high 7 Active Directory/LDAP Integration for Cloud & Shared Hosting Platforms 40+ · 4.9★ (39) wp.org #12 ↑1 5 too low 8 Korea SNS 3K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #5 ↓2 3 too high 9 Pz-LinkCard 20K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #7 ↓5 2 too high 10 SocraNext 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #10 ↓3 11 GedShow 200+ · 4.6★ (8) wp.org #19 ↓2 8 too low 12 Pixalia Image Assistant — · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #18 ↓2 6 too low 13 1 Click SN Tech Cookie Consent Banner 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↑1 5 too high 14 PowerSuite Modular Admin Toolkit 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 1 too low 15 GemCRM – CRM, Email Marketing, Newsletter & Marketing Automation 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↓1 4 too high 16 Eatransform SNS Auto Publisher for Twitter — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓2 17 ASMKC Schema – Structured Data Manager 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 ↓2 4 too high 18 SN CheckWebsitesSEO – Complete Website Audit & Link Studio — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓2 1 too high 19 Emerge Mail – SMTP, Newsletters & Email Marketing 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↓2 5 too high 20 Gawain AI Video — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓2 21 Itmaroon Social Post Sync — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 22 SEPA Manager for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓2 23 CosmautDL 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓2 24 LetterPress – Email Marketing, SMTP, Newsletter & Multi-Brand Subscriber Manager — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24

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.