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

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 “typing”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 of the top 20. 2 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

Typing Text shows at wp.org #2 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 22 places. Its 500+ installs carry it up the search order; its 2.8★ average from 4 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Easy Auto SKU Generator for WooCommerce places #11 on merit, 4.9★ from 272 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Quiz Maker by AYS 20K+ · 4.9★ (601) wp.org #5 ↑1 4 too low 2 FiboSearch – Ajax Search for WooCommerce 100K+ · 4.9★ (1815) wp.org #7 ↓3 5 too low 3 Loginizer 1M+ · 4.8★ (1033) wp.org #6 ↓1 3 too low 4 Text Typing – grab attention with animated typing headlines 3K+ · 3.8★ (6) wp.org #1 3 too high 5 WP Go Maps – Google Map, OpenStreetMap, Leaflet Map 300K+ · 4.8★ (3055) wp.org #12 ↓5 7 too low 6 Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots 10K+ · 4.8★ (142) wp.org #11 ↑4 5 too low 7 Supreme Modules Lite – Divi Theme, Extra Theme and Divi Builder 200K+ · 4.8★ (109) wp.org #10 ↑3 3 too low 8 Meta Tag Manager 70K+ · 4.8★ (84) wp.org #8 ↑3 9 Animated Text Block – Add Typing and Looping Text Effects 4K+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #3 ↑9 6 too high 10 Taxonomy Switcher 2K+ · 5.0★ (24) wp.org #9 ↑1 1 too high 11 Easy Auto SKU Generator for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.9★ (272) wp.org #21 10 too low 12 Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns 100K+ · 4.9★ (216) wp.org #16 ↑7 4 too low 13 Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder 400K+ · 3.9★ (104) wp.org #13 ↑3 14 Count Characters, Words and Paragraphs while typing 300+ · 4.5★ (6) wp.org #4 ↓1 10 too high 15 WP-Polls 40K+ · 4.2★ (136) wp.org #22 7 too low 16 Sokol: Smart WooCommerce Search 5K+ · 4.4★ (24) wp.org #17 ↑2 1 too low 17 SilentShield – Captcha & Anti-Spam for WordPress (CF7, WPForms, Elementor, WooCommerce) 10K+ · 4.7★ (24) wp.org #15 ↓1 2 too high 18 Smart phone field for Gravity Forms 5K+ · 4.2★ (23) wp.org #18 ↑2 19 W WP Search Suggest 400+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #20 ↑4 1 too low 20 Smart Phone Field For WPForms, Contact Form 7, Fluent Forms, Elementor Forms, WooCommerce, Formidable Forms, Ninja Forms 1K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #14 ↑4 6 too high 21 B Bulk Plugin Installation 300+ · 3.6★ (10) wp.org #23 2 too low 22 Table Of Contents Block 10K+ · 4.3★ (7) wp.org #24 ↓3 2 too low 23 Sprinix Typing Test 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 4 too high 24 Typing Text 500+ · 2.8★ (4) wp.org #2 22 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.