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

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 “wpgraphql”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 of the top 20. 2 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.

Ranked above its merit

WPGraphQL IDE shows at wp.org #6 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 1K+ 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

WP Multilang – Translation and Multilingual Plugin places #3 on merit, 4.3★ from 100 reviews, but shows at wp.org #13. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WPGraphQL 30K+ · 4.9★ (48) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields 100K+ · 4.8★ (418) wp.org #5 ↑1 3 too low 3 WP Multilang – Translation and Multilingual Plugin 10K+ · 4.3★ (100) wp.org #13 ↓2 10 too low 4 WPGraphQL Yoast SEO Addon 10K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Simple JWT Login – Allows you to use JWT on REST endpoints. 4K+ · 5.0★ (47) wp.org #16 ↓3 11 too low 6 WPGraphQL Smart Cache 5K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 Custom post types for WordPress – ACPT Lite 100+ · 4.9★ (24) wp.org #12 5 too low 8 WPGraphQL for ACF 10K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #1 7 too high 9 S Simple Taxonomy Refreshed 400+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #10 1 too low 10 Schema Package – Structured Data & Rich Snippets Tool for SEO 200+ · 4.8★ (20) wp.org #23 ↓4 13 too low 11 ACF Galerie 4 2K+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #8 3 too high 12 Double Youpï Refined Admin Dashboard – Admin Theme with Dark Mode & Media Folders 70+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #15 3 too low 13 Atlas Content Modeler 90+ · 4.8★ (4) wp.org #17 ↓3 4 too low 14 RankReady – AI SEO, Schema, llms.txt, AEO and GEO for ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity 500+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #18 ↓2 4 too low 15 Add WPGraphQL Redirection 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 8 too high 16 WPGraphQL IDE 1K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 ↓1 10 too high 17 Add WPGraphql Send Mail 400+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 8 too high 18 W WPGraphQL Blocks 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓2 4 too high 19 Stellate 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↓1 8 too high 20 KGraph Headless Toolkit for WPGraphQL — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓3 21 WPGraphQL BuddyPress 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓4 1 too low 22 Pantheon Advanced Page Cache 10K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↓4 3 too high 23 I Invizo Headless Mode 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓3 1 too low 24 Double Youpï Refined Media Library – Media Folders, Collections & WebP 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 3 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.