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

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 stateless”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 of the top 20. 3 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.

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Ranked above its merit

WP-Stateless – Gravity Forms Addon shows at wp.org #3 but places #8 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its 400+ 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.

Buried gem

CF7 Apps – Addons for Contact Form 7 (Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, etc.) places #7 on merit, 3.8★ from 135 reviews, but shows at wp.org #15. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 WP-Stateless – Google Cloud Storage 4K+ · 3.9★ (51) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Bulk Edit Products for WooCommerce – WP Sheet Editor 10K+ · 4.9★ (228) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Bulk Edit Posts and Products in Spreadsheet 7K+ · 4.8★ (217) wp.org #6 ↓1 2 too low 5 Royal MCP – Secure AI Connector for Claude, ChatGPT & any LLM via MCP 10K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 CoCart – Headless REST API for WooCommerce 900+ · 4.9★ (21) wp.org #10 ↓2 4 too low 7 CF7 Apps – Addons for Contact Form 7 (Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, etc.) 300K+ · 3.8★ (135) wp.org #15 ↓3 8 too low 8 W WP-Stateless – Gravity Forms Addon 400+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 5 too high 9 CloudSync Master – Offload Media to S3, Cloudflare R2 & Google Cloud 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 ↑1 4 too high 10 W WP-Stateless – SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle Addon 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↓1 2 too high 11 W WP-Stateless – Simple Local Avatars Addon 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓2 12 Custom SMTP: Email Deliverability – FREE & Easy-to-use 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 ↑1 3 too high 13 W WP-Stateless – WooCommerce Addon 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓1 1 too high 14 W WP-Stateless – LiteSpeed Cache Addon 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 W WP-Stateless – Elementor Website Builder Addon 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 W WP-Stateless for The Events Calendar — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 17 W WP-Stateless for WPBakery Page Builder — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 1 too low 18 W WP-Stateless – WPForms Addon 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 1 too low 19 W WP-Stateless – WooCommerce Extra Product Options Addon — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 2 too low 20 W WP-Stateless – Divi Theme Addon 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 21 Headless SSO Plugin for WP 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↓1 4 too high 22 P Pinora Address Autofill for Indian PIN Codes 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 W WP-Stateless – BuddyBoss Platform Addon — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↑1 24 EvoMedia – Link-Safe Media Replace, Convert & Cleanup 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24 ↓3

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.