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

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 “wprocket”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 16 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.

Ranked above its merit

WP Rocket | Simple LoadCSS Preloader shows at wp.org #6 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 18 places. Its 4K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Gallery by Visual Portfolio places #7 on merit, 4.8★ from 340 reviews, but shows at wp.org #14. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Login or Logout Menu Item 20K+ · 4.8★ (23) wp.org #1 2 iQ Block Country 20K+ · 3.9★ (166) wp.org #2 3 Website Builder by SeedProd — Theme Builder, Landing Page Builder, Coming Soon Page, Maintenance Mode 600K+ · 4.9★ (4699) wp.org #7 4 too low 4 Content No Cache | Serve uncached partial content even when you add it to a page that is fully cached. 200+ · 5.0★ (18) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Smart Slider 3 800K+ · 4.9★ (1125) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 PixelYourSite – Your smart PIXEL (TAG) & API Manager 400K+ · 4.3★ (281) wp.org #10 4 too low 7 Gallery by Visual Portfolio 60K+ · 4.8★ (340) wp.org #14 7 too low 8 Radius Portfolio – Filterable Grid, Gallery & Slider Portfolio 7K+ · 4.6★ (38) wp.org #9 1 too low 9 J Cart Upsell and Cross-sell for WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (13) wp.org #5 4 too high 10 Menu Caching 400+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #4 6 too high 11 Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart 20K+ · 4.5★ (228) wp.org #15 4 too low 12 Image Optimizer, Resizer and CDN – Sirv 900+ · 4.9★ (265) wp.org #19 7 too low 13 GPTranslate – Multilingual AI Translation Agent for WordPress: Translate Your Site with AI 500+ · 5.0★ (34) wp.org #18 5 too low 14 Linguise – AI Automatic Multilingual Translation 1K+ · 4.9★ (31) wp.org #17 3 too low 15 Lawwwing | Textos legales web y Banner de cookies 700+ · 4.6★ (10) wp.org #11 4 too high 16 WonderPush – Web Push Notifications – WooCommerce Abandoned Cart – GDPR 600+ · 4.8★ (36) wp.org #20 4 too low 17 R Restrict Products by Country & Country Catalogs for WooCommerce 200+ · 4.7★ (15) wp.org #13 4 too high 18 RapidLoad AI – Optimize Web Vitals Automatically 600+ · 4.2★ (70) wp.org #21 3 too low 19 LWSCache 5K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #16 3 too high 20 Pirsch Analytics 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 8 too high 21 POWER CAPTCHA 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 1 too low 22 W WPO Enhancements — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 Realbig For WordPress 800+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 24 WP Rocket | Simple LoadCSS Preloader 4K+ · 1.0★ (2) wp.org #6 18 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.