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

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 “vue”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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

CDI – Collect and Deliver Interface for Woocommerce shows at wp.org #7 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 200+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Dark Mode – Improve Accessibility with AI Powered Dark Theme places #4 on merit, 4.5★ from 391 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Colibri Page Builder 80K+ · 4.4★ (80) wp.org #1 2 FluentSMTP – WP Mail SMTP Plugin with Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Cloudflare, toSend, Gmail and Any SMTP 700K+ · 4.8★ (410) wp.org #2 3 Code Block Pro – Beautiful Syntax Highlighting 10K+ · 4.8★ (50) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 Dark Mode – Improve Accessibility with AI Powered Dark Theme 20K+ · 4.5★ (391) wp.org #16 ↓1 12 too low 5 Local Fonts Uploader – Upload & Host Any Font Locally for GDPR 4K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 CoCart – Headless REST API for WooCommerce 900+ · 4.9★ (21) wp.org #6 7 FluentAuth – Login Security, Two-Factor Authentication, Passkeys & Social Login 10K+ · 4.1★ (35) wp.org #8 ↑1 1 too low 8 Hostinger Reach – AI-Powered Email Marketing for WordPress 1M+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #3 5 too high 9 MegaOptim Image Optimizer – Convert to WebP & AVIF, Compress Images Locally 100+ · 5.0★ (34) wp.org #15 ↓1 6 too low 10 FluentCart A New Era of eCommerce – Faster, Lighter, and Simpler 9K+ · 4.5★ (46) wp.org #13 ↑6 3 too low 11 Graphina – Charts and Graphs For Elementor 9K+ · 4.1★ (16) wp.org #11 12 Frontend Product Editor for WooCommerce 400+ · 5.0★ (12) wp.org #19 ↓2 7 too low 13 Hello I am here! Video conferences 200+ · 4.7★ (6) wp.org #9 ↓1 4 too high 14 Checklist Opquast Qualité Web 100+ · 4.5★ (4) wp.org #10 4 too high 15 Contact Form to Chat Apps | Click to Chat to Order – FormyChat 3K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #18 3 too low 16 CDI – Collect and Deliver Interface for Woocommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #7 9 too high 17 Quizably – Quiz Maker, Personality Quiz & Survey Builder 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 ↑1 5 too high 18 Joinotify – WhatsApp Notifications & Marketing Automation 40+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 ↓2 4 too high 19 Robina 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #20 ↑2 1 too low 20 Buy Me a Coffee – Membership, Paywall & Fundraiser with Stripe & PayPal 90+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↓1 3 too high 21 ToolDocs™ 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 1 too low 22 Headless SSO Plugin for WP 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 ↓3 1 too low 23 Bato Cookie Consent 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24 ↓3 1 too low 24 Cost Calculator for Contact Form 7 80+ · 2.0★ (1) wp.org #21 3 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.