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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “管理画面”

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 “管理画面”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 4 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

TypeSquare Webfonts for エックスサーバー shows at wp.org #17 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 100K+ 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.

How this rank is calculated

Each plugin's merit score multiplies these inputs together: how recently it was updated, how current its "tested up to" WordPress version is, its install base (log scale, capped at 10 million), its support thread resolution rate, and a rating score. The rating score weights the star average by review volume against a sitewide prior, then scales it by the lower bound of the share of 4 and 5 star reviews. A plugin with 3.7 stars from tens of thousands of reviews can still outscore a 4.9 with a few dozen, because the small sample carries less certainty.

A health factor between 0.4 and 1.15 then adjusts that score for what wp.org's search can't see: PHP fatals or failed activations on a test install, PHP and WordPress compatibility, memory and page-speed footprint, suspicious review patterns, closure risk, and a large install base with very few reviews. Clean, adopted plugins earn a small lift.

A keyword ranking starts from wp.org's search order for the term, weighting each position by 1 divided by its place, then applies the merit correction and health factor above. Relevance to the keyword stays in the result, so the order can differ from the all-categories list on /best, which scores plugins with no search term.

Hover a row to see the main reason for its position.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Pz-LinkCard 20K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #2 wp.org ranks it 1 place below merit 2 CloudSecure WP Security 200K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #1 wp.org ranks it 1 place above merit 3 Pochipp 20K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #6 wp.org ranks it 3 places below merit 4 Hotelipp 400+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #5 wp.org ranks it 1 place below merit 5 Formzu WP 3K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 wp.org ranks it 1 place above merit 6 B BASE Item List 700+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #3 wp.org ranks it 3 places above merit 7 PV Sort Plus for Cocoon 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 8 FormNest – 日本語対応フォームビルダー 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 9 Oshirase Ichiran 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 wp.org ranks it 1 place below merit 10 wp-sacloud-webaccel 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 wp.org ranks it 1 place below merit 11 Do Not Copy 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 wp.org ranks it 2 places above merit 12 Norivive Backup Tools for Vivid Backup 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 13 Holiday class post calendar 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 14 SMBM – Business Manager for Snow Monkey Forms 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 15 Japanized Popup – Japanese Popups for Newsletter Signups, Coupons & Announcements 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 wp.org ranks it 1 place below merit 16 RSCSoft Activity Audit Log 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 wp.org ranks it 2 places below merit 17 Simple IP Logger 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 wp.org ranks it 2 places below merit 18 Auto Logout Extended 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 wp.org ranks it 2 places below merit 19 F Featured image to All-Posts 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 wp.org ranks it 4 places above merit 20 Megurio LINE 通知 — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 wp.org ranks it 1 place below merit 21 N2H Nice to Have — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 wp.org ranks it 1 place below merit 22 Watrix Login as User — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 wp.org ranks it 1 place below merit 23 FormToSS-フォムトス- | Contact Form 7 と スプレッドシート(スプシ)の連携をノーコードで! 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 wp.org ranks it 1 place below merit 24 TypeSquare Webfonts for エックスサーバー 100K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 wp.org ranks it 7 places above merit

Merit ranking caps the install boost at 10M (wp.org leaves it uncapped), replaces the raw star average with a volume-weighted 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.