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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “title 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 “title prefix”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 18 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

Duplicate Page or Post shows at wp.org #6 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 9K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.0★ average from 8 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

404 to 301 – Redirect Manager, 301 Redirection, 404 Error Logs & 404 Monitoring places #11 on merit, 4.7★ from 321 reviews, but shows at wp.org #23. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Secondary Title 7K+ · 4.9★ (72) wp.org #1 2 WP Reset 300K+ · 4.8★ (1014) wp.org #5 3 too low 3 Duplicate Page 3M+ · 4.8★ (467) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection 700K+ · 4.6★ (3992) wp.org #7 3 too low 5 Max Mega Menu 300K+ · 4.8★ (882) wp.org #9 ↓1 4 too low 6 Change Price Title for WooCommerce 3K+ · 3.8★ (10) wp.org #2 4 too high 7 The SEO Framework – Fast, Automated, Effortless. 200K+ · 4.9★ (380) wp.org #14 7 too low 8 Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button – Chaty 300K+ · 5.0★ (1244) wp.org #19 ↑3 11 too low 9 R Really Simple CSV Importer 40K+ · 4.9★ (107) wp.org #15 ↑2 6 too low 10 DearFlip – PDF Flipbook, 3D Flipbook, PDF embed, PDF viewer 200K+ · 4.9★ (194) wp.org #21 ↑3 11 too low 11 404 to 301 – Redirect Manager, 301 Redirection, 404 Error Logs & 404 Monitoring 100K+ · 4.7★ (321) wp.org #23 ↓7 12 too low 12 Customize Private & Protected: Password Form & Prefix 400+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #3 9 too high 13 WP-Polls 40K+ · 4.2★ (136) wp.org #18 ↑2 5 too low 14 Print Invoice & Delivery Notes for WooCommerce 30K+ · 4.4★ (140) wp.org #20 ↓5 6 too low 15 Product Editor Pro – WooCommerce Bulk Edit: Prices, Stock, Images, Titles, CSV Import & More 1K+ · 4.6★ (22) wp.org #11 4 too high 16 MJDD Sidrena Cijena 700+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #8 ↑1 8 too high 17 Font Awesome 400K+ · 3.6★ (61) wp.org #12 5 too high 18 Duplicate Page or Post 9K+ · 4.0★ (8) wp.org #6 12 too high 19 GD bbPress Tools 1K+ · 3.8★ (24) wp.org #13 6 too high 20 Duplicate PP 10K+ · 4.4★ (19) wp.org #17 ↑2 3 too high 21 Statify Widget 4K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #10 11 too high 22 Media Library Tools – AI-Powered Rename, Clean & CSV Import/Export 1K+ · 4.7★ (14) wp.org #24 ↓3 2 too low 23 Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #16 ↑2 7 too high 24 Oracle Cards Lite – Interactive Card Deck Plugin for WordPress 300+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #22 ↑1 2 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.