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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “stop adblock”

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 “stop adblock”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 7 of the top 20. 5 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

FV Player 8 shows at wp.org #9 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

FV Flowplayer Video Player places #5 on merit, 4.4★ from 90 reviews, but shows at wp.org #10. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 ZDN Adblock Detector 100+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #1 2 MailOptin – Popup, Optin Forms & Email Newsletters for Mailchimp, HubSpot, AWeber Etc. 10K+ · 4.8★ (438) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 Ad Invalid Click Protector (AICP) 10K+ · 4.7★ (62) wp.org #5 ↑1 2 too low 4 wetracked.io for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 FV Flowplayer Video Player 10K+ · 4.4★ (90) wp.org #10 5 too low 6 Popup builder with Gamification, Multi-Step Popups, Page-Level Targeting, and WooCommerce Triggers 70K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 WP AdCenter – Ad Manager & Adsense Ads 900+ · 4.5★ (10) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 BotBlocker Security – Complete security platform 3K+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #6 ↓1 2 too high 9 My Agile Pixel® – Self-Hosted Server-Side Tracking for WordPress 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 6 too high 10 B Better Stop Adblock 10+ · 3.8★ (22) wp.org #22 12 too low 11 Popup with exit intent, scroll triggered and anchor click for opt-ins, lead gen & more 40+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #12 1 too low 12 Atomic Addons – AI Website Builder for Elementor & WooCommerce 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 3 too low 13 A adBlock Alerter 10+ · 3.3★ (9) wp.org #23 10 too low 14 AntiAdBlockCore – AdBlock Recovery — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 3 too high 15 Adqiro — Ad Blocker Detector — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 2 too high 16 TrueSift Ad Detect — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 CaphLabs – Advanced Ad Blocker Fence — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓2 18 Spårlös Analytics: Privacy-Friendly Google Analytics Alternative — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 First Party Analytics — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 20 A Ad Blocking Alert 10+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #21 1 too low 21 FV Player 8 1K+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #9 12 too high 22 Watso – Basic Help Chat Button 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 8 too high 23 B BlockAlyzer – Stop Adblock extension — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 A Anti-block 10+ · 2.8★ (4) wp.org #20 4 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.