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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “wordpre plugin”

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 “wordpre plugin”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

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Ranked above its merit

Simple Menu Order Column shows at wp.org #7 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 200+ 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.

Buried gem

Social Preview and Open Graph Tags places #9 on merit, 4.6★ from 122 reviews, but shows at wp.org #23. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322) wp.org #1 2 CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin by NiteoThemes 200K+ · 4.7★ (326) wp.org #2 3 Controls for Contact Form 7 (Redirects, Analytics & Tracking) 10K+ · 5.0★ (13) wp.org #3 ↑9 4 Download Manager 90K+ · 4.1★ (1006) wp.org #12 ↓1 8 too low 5 Import Eventbrite Events 3K+ · 4.5★ (52) wp.org #8 ↓1 3 too low 6 Wonder PDF Embed 8K+ · 4.5★ (13) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too high 7 WP Image Zoom 10K+ · 4.3★ (119) wp.org #13 6 too low 8 WPS Notice Center 3K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #6 ↓1 2 too high 9 Social Preview and Open Graph Tags 50K+ · 4.6★ (122) wp.org #23 14 too low 10 Easy Table of Contents 600K+ · 4.4★ (221) wp.org #22 12 too low 11 Form to Chat App ⚡️ 2K+ · 4.7★ (10) wp.org #10 ↓1 1 too high 12 Sendle Shipping Plugin 700+ · 3.2★ (9) wp.org #9 ↓1 3 too high 13 WPGraphQL Smart Cache 5K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #16 3 too low 14 Ergonet Cache 3K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 ↓1 10 too high 15 Raffle Ticket Generator – Woocommerce 100+ · 4.3★ (9) wp.org #21 6 too low 16 Meks Audio Player 1K+ · 4.0★ (5) wp.org #18 2 too low 17 Add Pinterest conversion tags for Pinterest Ads + Site verification 1K+ · 3.3★ (9) wp.org #19 2 too low 18 Bangla Font 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 4 too high 19 S Simple Menu Order Column 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 ↓1 12 too high 20 Disable Full Site Editing 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓1 9 too high 21 D DNS Manager for Cloudflare 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 Highlight Sitewide Notice, Text, Button Menu 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 5 too high 23 M Main Entrance 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 LMSACE Connect – WooCommerce Moodle™ LMS Integration 200+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #15 9 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.