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

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 “summarise”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 6 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

Advanced Customer Reports for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #10 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 40+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.5★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Data Tables Generator by Supsystic – Excel-like, WooCommerce & Pricing Tables 10K+ · 4.7★ (497) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 WCPOS – Point of Sale (POS) plugin for WooCommerce 5K+ · 3.7★ (84) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 JS Help Desk – AI-Powered Support & Ticketing System 7K+ · 3.7★ (74) wp.org #6 3 too low 4 AxiaChat AI – Free AI Chatbot (Answers Customers Automatically) 500+ · 5.0★ (12) wp.org #8 ↓1 4 too low 5 StoreAgent – WooCommerce AI Chatbot, AI Agent & WooCommerce MCP Server 600+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 AI Summarize Buttons & Google Preferred Source 10+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too high 7 AC Advanced Flamingo Settings 800+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #3 4 too high 8 Nodest – Workflow Automation and MCP 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #12 ↓1 4 too low 9 AI Summarise Button — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↓2 2 too high 10 Cubix AI Article Generator 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 1 too high 11 O OST Site Inspection 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 4 too low 12 Smackcoders – Email Template Builder for WooCommerce 10+ · 2.3★ (9) wp.org #18 6 too low 13 AI Summarizer 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 3 too low 14 Deny All Firewall 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓1 3 too high 15 Summerify — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 2 too low 16 UpdateGuard – Safe Update Manager — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↓1 2 too high 17 WDS MCP Content Manager 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↑4 2 too low 18 Filter AI 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 5 too high 19 Chouks – Article Visibility Optimizer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too low 20 SEOYEN SEO Platform 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 1 too low 21 MiraiLit Product Change Tracker for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too low 22 Globe Boss CrawlBoost — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 Advanced Customer Reports for WooCommerce 40+ · 3.5★ (2) wp.org #10 ↓1 13 too high 24 Promium AI GEO — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 ↓1 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.