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

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 “webmcp”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 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

Contractor Commerce Integration shows at wp.org #13 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 40+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Royal MCP – Secure AI Connector for Claude, ChatGPT & any LLM via MCP 10K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #2 ↓1 1 too low 2 AI 60K+ · 4.2★ (10) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 WebMCP Bridge 700+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 too high 4 LLMagnet – AI Visibility & AI SEO for Claude, ChatGPT & More 600+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #7 ↓1 3 too low 5 RankReady – AI SEO, Schema, llms.txt, AEO and GEO for ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity 500+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #6 ↓1 1 too low 6 IBS WebMCP Gateway 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 ↓1 2 too high 7 Mescio for Agents 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 ↓1 2 too high 8 AJ Agent Crawl Optimizer – AI Readiness Scanner & llms.txt for WordPress 30+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #24 ↓2 16 too low 9 BeeClear WebMCP AI Visibility 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 1 too low 10 IBS WebMCP for WPForms — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 ↓1 2 too high 11 GoldT WebMCP Bridge 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 1 too low 12 A Agentgate for WebMCP 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 2 too low 13 QuangNhatDev AI Agent Tools for WebMCP — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↓1 2 too high 14 Corsen Context 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 1 too low 15 Conversion Agent Discovery 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 1 too low 16 KP Agent Ready 70+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 ↓1 7 too high 17 M ModelGain WebMCP Forms — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 3 too low 18 Form Annotator for WebMCP — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓2 3 too low 19 WebMCPFY Contact Form 7 — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↓1 2 too high 20 Ostheimer Cockpit for WebMCP — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓2 2 too low 21 IBS WebMCP for Ninja Forms — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓2 2 too low 22 WebMCPFY Gravity Forms — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↓2 3 too high 23 Contractor Commerce Integration 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 ↓2 10 too high 24 SimplePDF Embed 80+ · 2.0★ (1) wp.org #18 6 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.