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

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 “wp notify”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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

WP Ultimate Review shows at wp.org #8 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 60K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.4★ average from 17 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress places #10 on merit, 4.8★ from 1497 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WP Store Locator 40K+ · 4.8★ (312) wp.org #1 2 FluentSMTP – WP Mail SMTP Plugin with Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Cloudflare, toSend, Gmail and Any SMTP 700K+ · 4.8★ (410) wp.org #2 3 WP-Members Membership Plugin 50K+ · 4.6★ (272) wp.org #3 4 WP Recipe Maker 50K+ · 5.0★ (356) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 bbPress Notify (No-Spam) 2K+ · 4.8★ (40) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery 100K+ · 4.7★ (616) wp.org #9 3 too low 7 WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.0★ (249) wp.org #7 8 Fatal Error Notify 6K+ · 4.8★ (18) wp.org #5 3 too high 9 PWA for WP – Progressive Web Apps Made Simple 10K+ · 4.6★ (230) wp.org #13 4 too low 10 MC4WP: Mailchimp for WordPress 1M+ · 4.8★ (1497) wp.org #20 10 too low 11 WP User Manager – Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile Builder & Member Directory 10K+ · 4.7★ (350) wp.org #14 3 too low 12 WP Updates Notifier 20K+ · 4.2★ (35) wp.org #12 13 All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) wp.org #21 8 too low 14 WP Webhooks – Automate repetitive tasks by creating powerful automation workflows directly within WordPress 20K+ · 4.7★ (55) wp.org #18 4 too low 15 GEO my WP 3K+ · 4.6★ (139) wp.org #23 8 too low 16 Pingo Notify – Automation & Notification Chat Messages 300+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #11 5 too high 17 WP-Lister Lite for eBay 2K+ · 4.3★ (74) wp.org #17 18 WP SAML Auth 7K+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #10 8 too high 19 WP Ultimate Review 60K+ · 3.4★ (17) wp.org #8 11 too high 20 WP Document Revisions 2K+ · 3.7★ (23) wp.org #22 2 too low 21 Block wp-login 600+ · 4.7★ (9) wp.org #24 3 too low 22 WP Healthcheck 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #19 3 too high 23 WP Events Manager 30K+ · 2.7★ (13) wp.org #15 8 too high 24 Post Notify Users 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 8 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.