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

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 “abbreviation”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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

Speedx Smart Line Breaks shows at wp.org #7 but places #14 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 50+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Text To Speech TTS Accessibility places #5 on merit, 4.8★ from 92 reviews, but shows at wp.org #9. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Zalomení 6K+ · 5.0★ (15) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 CM Tooltip Glossary 7K+ · 4.3★ (157) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 SEO Media Manager 5K+ · 4.8★ (18) wp.org #3 4 Abbreviation Button for the Block Editor 300+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #1 3 too high 5 Text To Speech TTS Accessibility 4K+ · 4.8★ (92) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 Osom Author Pro 1K+ · 4.9★ (10) wp.org #6 7 CodeKit – Custom Codes Editor 7K+ · 4.8★ (16) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Automated FedEx live/manual rates with shipping labels – HPOS supported 200+ · 4.9★ (12) wp.org #12 4 too low 9 G Gravity Forms Keap Feed 100+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #11 2 too low 10 Text to Speech – Reinvent WP 40+ · 4.7★ (15) wp.org #18 ↑2 8 too low 11 Text to Speech – TTSWP 200+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #17 ↑2 6 too low 12 Text Case Converter 300+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #8 4 too high 13 Glossary Tooltip – Highlight Terms & Show Tooltips 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #10 3 too high 14 Speedx Smart Line Breaks 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 7 too high 15 Abbreviations — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 2 too high 16 Flavor – Restaurant Menu & Table Reservations 90+ · 4.0★ (3) wp.org #20 ↓2 4 too low 17 ShortCut and Dummy Text Generator – build block layouts in seconds 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 1 too high 18 Page and Post Description 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 4 too high 19 OpenSheetMusicDisplay 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓2 20 Literal Word BibleTagger 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 5 too high 21 Uplink Editorial Semantics 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 2 too low 22 Hide GTM code 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1 2 too low 23 Clever Linked Terms 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 2 too high 24 OmniGEO Ai SEO 70+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 2 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.