Plugin Pulse Beta
← Rankings

wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “synchronization post”

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 “synchronization post”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 4 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

Nova Post for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #10 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 13 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

Translate WordPress with Weglot 2.0 – Multilingual AI Translation places #10 on merit, 4.8★ from 1940 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Post Types Order 600K+ · 4.5★ (296) wp.org #1 2 Polylang 900K+ · 4.7★ (3004) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Sync Post With Other Site 3K+ · 3.9★ (29) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 bbPress 100K+ · 3.9★ (343) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too low 5 AI Engine – MCP Server & AI Chatbot for WordPress, with Claude, ChatGPT & Gemini 90K+ · 4.9★ (874) wp.org #9 ↑3 4 too low 6 User Role Editor 700K+ · 4.5★ (288) wp.org #6 7 Nested Pages 90K+ · 4.7★ (126) wp.org #7 8 WC Shop Sync – Square Payment Gateway and Product Synchronization for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.5★ (42) wp.org #4 ↑1 4 too high 9 Prime Slider – Hero Slider, Carousel, WooCommerce & Post Slider Elementor Addons 100K+ · 4.5★ (82) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 Translate WordPress with Weglot 2.0 – Multilingual AI Translation 50K+ · 4.8★ (1940) wp.org #24 14 too low 11 Photo Engine (Media Organizer & Lightroom) 2K+ · 4.9★ (210) wp.org #21 10 too low 12 Hyyan Integration for WooCommerce and Polylang 8K+ · 4.7★ (124) wp.org #13 1 too low 13 Specific Content For Mobile – Customize the mobile version without redirections 4K+ · 4.8★ (31) wp.org #16 ↓2 3 too low 14 Edwiser Bridge – WordPress Moodle Integration 4K+ · 4.5★ (82) wp.org #20 ↓1 6 too low 15 Air WP Sync – Airtable to WordPress 1K+ · 4.8★ (16) wp.org #18 ↓1 3 too low 16 Hreflang Manager – Hreflang Implementation for International SEO 8K+ · 4.7★ (9) wp.org #11 ↓1 5 too high 17 BA Book Everything 10K+ · 4.2★ (20) wp.org #23 6 too low 18 Mailjet Email Marketing 10K+ · 3.2★ (45) wp.org #19 ↓1 1 too low 19 TableKit – WordPress Table Builder for Data Tables, WooCommerce Product Tables & Post Tables 3K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #14 ↓5 5 too high 20 WP Sync for Notion – Notion to WordPress 1K+ · 4.6★ (7) wp.org #17 ↓2 3 too high 21 Stock Sync for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #22 ↓2 1 too low 22 eRecht24 Legal Texts 50K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 ↓1 10 too high 23 Nova Post for WooCommerce 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↑6 13 too high 24 MainWP Post SMTP Extension – Easily Manage WP SMTP Setup for All Sites in One Place 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↓2 9 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.