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

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 “woff”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 5 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 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

WP FOFT Loader shows at wp.org #11 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 10+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Use Any Font | Custom Font Uploader 200K+ · 4.7★ (1148) wp.org #1 2 Fonts Plugin | Google Fonts, Adobe Fonts & Upload Fonts 200K+ · 5.0★ (1221) wp.org #2 3 Leverage Browser Caching 9K+ · 4.1★ (42) wp.org #3 4 Local Fonts Uploader – Upload & Host Any Font Locally for GDPR 4K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #4 5 Each domain a page 200+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #5 6 Nexter Extension – Security, Performance, Code Snippets & Site Toolkit 10K+ · 4.7★ (13) wp.org #6 7 PressPrimer Quiz – AI Quiz Maker, Exam Builder & LMS Assessment Plugin 200+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #10 ↑1 3 too low 8 NextXen Designer – Product Customizer for WooCommerce 60+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 9 Enable All Font Uploads 600+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 Fleet Agent Site Manager – Securely Connects Your Sites to a WPMgr Dashboard 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 ↑1 3 too low 11 Simple Fonts – Upload Custom Fonts for Any Theme or Page Builder 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↑1 2 too high 12 Elegant Custom Fonts 2K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #21 ↓4 9 too low 13 SafeFonts 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓1 1 too high 14 HandyPay Payments 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↑2 15 F Fontify 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 16 Dyslexie Font Accessibility 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 17 WP FOFT Loader 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓2 6 too high 18 PFont 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 1 too high 19 Hwinote iCatch Editor 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too low 20 Font Type Tester 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 2 too low 21 FontReady — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 2 too low 22 StaticForge for Cloudflare Pages 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 ↑2 4 too high 23 EcomNestWeb Product Designer for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓2 1 too low 24 NexoBlocks – The Complete Gutenberg Toolkit: 80+ Blocks, Form Builder, Mega Menu & Popup Builder — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↓1 5 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.