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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “airbnb sync”

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 “airbnb sync”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 of the top 20.

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

Booking Manager – Sync WP Booking Calendar – Import Events, Export Bookings to ICS Calendar shows at wp.org #1 but places #14 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 5K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Listdom: AI-powered Business Directory with Classifieds Ads Listings places #11 on merit, 4.9★ from 60 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WP Simple Booking Calendar 10K+ · 4.8★ (227) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 WP Social Ninja – Embed Social Feeds, User Reviews & Chat Widgets 30K+ · 4.8★ (71) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 WPS Bookings for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.5★ (43) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 WP Booking System – Booking Calendar 10K+ · 4.9★ (344) wp.org #11 7 too low 5 VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS 8K+ · 4.8★ (61) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 Widgets for Booking.com Reviews 9K+ · 4.9★ (65) wp.org #10 4 too low 7 Tagembed: Social Media Feeds and Customer Reviews Widget 9K+ · 3.9★ (62) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 Vachr Short-Term Rental Reservations 40+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #3 5 too high 9 WC Vendors – WooCommerce Multivendor, WooCommerce Marketplace, Product Vendors 3K+ · 4.5★ (188) wp.org #16 7 too low 10 Review Slider for WooCommerce 400+ · 4.7★ (12) wp.org #7 3 too high 11 Listdom: AI-powered Business Directory with Classifieds Ads Listings 1K+ · 4.9★ (60) wp.org #19 8 too low 12 Widgets for Amazon Reviews 2K+ · 4.0★ (45) wp.org #14 ↑1 2 too low 13 Host Domination Booking Engine: Calendar Sync & Reservation System 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #6 7 too high 14 Booking Manager – Sync WP Booking Calendar – Import Events, Export Bookings to ICS Calendar 5K+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #1 13 too high 15 MotoPress Hotel Booking 10K+ · 3.7★ (65) wp.org #20 5 too low 16 Tourfic – AI Powered Travel Booking, Hotel Booking & Car Rental 1K+ · 4.1★ (16) wp.org #15 ↓1 1 too high 17 Booking Calendar Contact Form 500+ · 3.6★ (32) wp.org #18 1 too low 18 Widgets for Yelp Reviews 3K+ · 3.8★ (10) wp.org #13 5 too high 19 Hotel Booking for WooCommerce 100+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #17 2 too high 20 Sacconi iCal Sync – WordPress Holiday Rental Calendars & iCal Booking Sync 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 8 too high 21 BookiFlex Hotel Booking 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #22 1 too low 22 Tourfic Toolkit 900+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 OHRA Rental Calendar Sync — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Ethereal Booking — · 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.