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

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 “speakable”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 1 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 OGEEAT 200+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #1 2 RankReady – AI SEO, Schema, llms.txt, AEO and GEO for ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity 500+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too low 3 SEO for AI Search 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #2 ↑1 1 too high 4 AEOmatic – AEO for AI Search: llms.txt, Schema & AI Crawler Check 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 ↑2 2 too low 5 Speakable — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 Triomize – SEO, AEO & GEO Content Optimization 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #7 ↓1 1 too low 7 Answer Engine Optimization 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 ↑2 2 too high 8 wAnswers – SEO-First Q&A 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↑1 9 CONCILIUM IA Rank GEO 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↑1 10 DadsFam SEO 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↑2 11 Zen GEO – Generative Engine Optimization 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↑1 1 too low 12 Snowdrop AI Voice Search Readiness — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↑1 1 too low 13 BlueSoup AI Auto Schema — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↑1 1 too low 14 BreznGEO 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 3 too high 15 Smart SEO Booster — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↑1 16 Rank Press AI Visibility – AI Agent for llms.txt, Schema & AI Search 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↑5 17 Acid AEO — AI Readiness, Citations & Rich Data — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 18 NeoSERP SEO — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 GT – AI SEO/GEO/AEO Optimizer 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 20 MUQ SEO Site Checker — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 21 Evoka – AI Search Visibility and Schema — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓2 22 T Tyralix AI Discoverability — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 AgentGarrison – AI Visibility, AEO, GEO, AI Bot & Agent Control — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↑1 24 AI Rank Suite — AI Search, llms.txt, Schema & SEO — · 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.