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

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 “wikidata”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 2 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

merit plugin signals wp.org

WordLift – AI powered SEO – Schema 300+ · 4.4★ (65) wp.org #1 2

Schema Blocks 20+ · 5.0★ (2) thin reviews wp.org #2 3

Newsroom OS – Google Discover, Google News, Schema & Editorial Workflow 40+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviewslow rating, top placement wp.org #3 4

Chess Podium — · 5.0★ (2) thin reviews wp.org #6 2 too low 5

NV oOS Content Graph 10+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviewslow rating, top placement wp.org #4 1 too high 6

PlugStudio AI SEO & GEO: Optimize for ChatGPT, Gemini & SearchGPT 10+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviewslow rating, top placement wp.org #5 2 too high 8

Sekhlo Schema Code 10+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #7 1 too high 9

SameAs Profile Manager — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #8 1 too high 10

AI Data Layer – AI SEO & AI Search Optimization: llms.txt, MCP Server, Schema (AEO/GEO) — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #9 1 too high 11 W Wikidata Query Service Embeder — · 0.0★ (0) closure risk thin reviews wp.org #11 12

Tomevexa Book Catalog di Francesco La Mancusa — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #12 13

Coywolf SEO — · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #10 3 too high 14

AI Visibility & LLMs.txt Generator — GEO, AEO & MCP for ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini & Perplexity — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #13 1 too high 15

Geoa – AI SEO & AEO on Autopilot 10+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #14 1 too high 16

Hack The SEO – MCP Server for Claude, AI Bot Tracker, llms.txt, GEO Score & Cannibalization 20+ · 5.0★ (2) thin reviews wp.org #23 7 too low 17

CiteProof – AI Search Visibility, SEO & GEO — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #15 2 too high 18

LP Software – Schema & Structured Data Optimization — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #16 2 too high 19

AI Schema Gen – AI Readiness Score, Schema Markup & Structured Data for AI Search — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #17 2 too high 20

TWT AEO Ultimate — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #18 2 too high 21

ACTUS Deep Schema — · 0.0★ (0) closure risk thin reviews wp.org #19 2 too high 22

BonPlaya – Nearby Beaches — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #21 1 too high 23

Entity Schema 30+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #22 1 too high 24

BotPass — GEO Experiments for WordPress — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews 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.