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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “table prefix”

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

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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Simple Table Manager shows at wp.org #6 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 400+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.8★ average from 4 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Product Feed PRO for WooCommerce by AdTribes – Product Feeds for WooCommerce places #8 on merit, 4.7★ from 1071 reviews, but shows at wp.org #12. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 wpDataTables – WordPress Data Table, Dynamic Tables & Table Charts Plugin 60K+ · 4.5★ (449) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Change Table Prefix 1K+ · 3.8★ (55) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 WP Reset 300K+ · 4.8★ (1014) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 Brozzme DB Prefix & Tools Addons 9K+ · 4.7★ (58) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields 100K+ · 4.8★ (418) wp.org #7 ↑2 2 too low 6 Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) 3M+ · 4.9★ (8869) wp.org #9 ↑3 3 too low 7 Vigilant – 100% Free Security Suite: Firewall, 2FA, Login, Headers, Scanner… 3K+ · 5.0★ (24) wp.org #4 3 too high 8 Product Feed PRO for WooCommerce by AdTribes – Product Feeds for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.7★ (1071) wp.org #12 ↓1 4 too low 9 Code Snippets 1M+ · 4.7★ (510) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 404 to 301 – Redirect Manager, 301 Redirection, 404 Error Logs & 404 Monitoring 100K+ · 4.7★ (321) wp.org #13 3 too low 11 Tablesome Table – Contact Form DB – WPForms, CF7, Gravity, Forminator, Fluent 7K+ · 4.8★ (89) wp.org #10 ↑5 1 too high 12 DearFlip – PDF Flipbook, 3D Flipbook, PDF embed, PDF viewer 200K+ · 4.9★ (194) wp.org #15 ↓1 3 too low 13 All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall 1M+ · 4.7★ (1720) wp.org #17 ↑1 4 too low 14 BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #16 2 too low 15 Index WP MySQL For Speed 50K+ · 4.8★ (99) wp.org #22 ↑2 7 too low 16 WebberZone Top 10 — Popular Posts 10K+ · 4.6★ (102) wp.org #21 ↑1 5 too low 17 We’re Open! 5K+ · 5.0★ (45) wp.org #19 2 too low 18 Simple Table Manager 400+ · 4.8★ (4) wp.org #6 12 too high 19 MJDD Sidrena Cijena 700+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #11 ↓1 8 too high 20 NHR Database Cleaner & Optimizer – Revisions, Transients, Autoload & Options Manager 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #20 ↑1 21 LightMoving InnoDB Converter 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 ↑2 7 too high 22 Simple Tiered Pricing Table for WooCommerce 90+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 Recast Table Builder for ACF and SCF 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #18 ↓1 5 too high 24 CodingBunny Database Cleaner 200+ · 5.0★ (2) 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.