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

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 “upscaling”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Perfect Images: Regenerate Thumbnails, Image Sizes, WebP & AVIF 60K+ · 4.8★ (279) wp.org #1 2 ShortPixel Image Optimizer – Optimize Images, Convert WebP & AVIF 300K+ · 4.5★ (830) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 StockPack – Stock photos and AI images from Unsplash, Adobe Stock, Freepik and more 7K+ · 4.4★ (24) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Artist Image Generator: DALL-E AI for Image Content & Customizable WC Products. Upscaler. 90+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #9 ↑1 5 too low 5 EdiDev AI Assistant for Perfection42 — · 4.6★ (7) wp.org #11 ↑1 6 too low 6 AI Featured Image 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 AppScenic – Smart AI Dropshipping 3K+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #7 8 LS – AI Image Pipeline 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 3 too high 9 Fotogenic AI – Product Image Generator for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 Chamevo Multistep Product Configurator 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↑1 11 WebP Image Paster — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 ↑1 3 too high 12 Pyrovex AI — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↑3 1 too low 13 PixelPanda AI Image Tools — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↑1 1 too low 14 Visuaro – Product Designer for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 1 too low 15 Cyphex Image Hunter 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 ↑1 3 too high 16 ProductImageUpscale – AI Image Upscaler — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↑1 17 Tinava Product Images for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↑2 18 Agentic Commerce – Product Images for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 Iterapic — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↑1 20 VividCart – AI Product Images for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↑1 21 Chamevo Bulk Variations — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↑1 22 Incod Image Dimension Manager — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↑1 23 W Wahab133 Media Maintainer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↑1 24 WunderPaint – The Dynamic Design and Automation Studio 10+ · 0.0★ (0) 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.