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

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 “webauthn”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 4 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 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

Multipasskey — Deploy enterprise-level, passwordless security shows at wp.org #17 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its — installs carry it up the search order; its 3.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WP Encryption: Easy HTTPS / SSL & Free SSL certificate, HTTPS redirect 50K+ · 4.9★ (1146) wp.org #3 ↑1 2 too low 2 WP-WebAuthn 2K+ · 4.5★ (17) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 miniOrange 2FA – Two Factor Authentication for WordPress (OTP, SMS, Email, Google Authenticator) 10K+ · 4.5★ (385) wp.org #6 3 too low 4 WebAuthn Provider for Two Factor 2K+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 Secure Passkeys 2K+ · 4.8★ (19) wp.org #5 ↓2 6 Rublon Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) 400+ · 4.2★ (88) wp.org #8 ↓1 2 too low 7 Rapls Passkey – Passwordless Login with WebAuthn 40+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 ↑1 3 too high 8 Social Login, Passkeys, Magic Link & Email OTP – Passwordless Login by VentraConnect 90+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #9 ↓1 1 too low 9 WPCOM Member 1K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 Customize My Account for WooCommerce – Custom Tabs, Login, Registration, 2FA & Design 900+ · 3.4★ (5) wp.org #10 ↓1 11 ThreeWay Login 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 2 too low 12 CS BioLogin – Seamless Biometric Authentication 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↑3 2 too low 13 Advanced Passkeys for Secure Login 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↓1 2 too high 14 Bye Bye Passwords 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓2 1 too low 15 LogixFast Auth 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 ↓1 3 too high 16 Authentry – Face ID, Fingerprint & Passkey Login 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓4 17 Sigil – Passkeys and Two-Factor Authentication 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓4 1 too low 18 SecondGate — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓3 1 too low 19 ReportedIP Hive: Firewall, Brute Force Protection, 2FA and Anti-Spam 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 SPIDY 2FA LOGIN — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓2 1 too low 21 Devch Passkey Login — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too low 22 Digitrix Labs Passkeys and Email Link Access — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓3 1 too low 23 Locktura Security 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Multipasskey — Deploy enterprise-level, passwordless security — · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #17 ↓2 7 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.