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

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 “airline”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 5 of the top 19. 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

Oganro: Hotels, Flights, Transfers, Car Hire, Excursion Search Box shows at wp.org #13 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 40+ installs carry it up the search order; its 2.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Travel & Tours Meta Search 200+ · 4.1★ (17) wp.org #1 2 Memberstack – Member Management & Content Protection 90+ · 5.0★ (24) wp.org #2 3 Schema Package – Structured Data & Rich Snippets Tool for SEO 200+ · 4.8★ (20) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Tag Pages 10K+ · 4.9★ (18) wp.org #8 4 too low 5 Popular Brand Icons – Simple Icons 3K+ · 4.7★ (10) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Aviation Company Flight Search & Booking — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 X XML Travel Portal Widget 40+ · 4.8★ (4) wp.org #14 ↑1 7 too low 8 HBLPAY Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 5 too high 9 Smitacs POS Invoice — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 C Co2 Footprint Widget — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 11 The Mobile Wallet — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↑1 12 Vai De Promo 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↑1 13 SimpleSocial 100+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #9 4 too high 14 Ensighten 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↑1 1 too low 15 A Airline Tickets — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↑1 2 too low 16 N NEVISTAS News 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↑1 2 too low 17 P Plugin Jetradar Cheap Flights 10+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↑1 1 too high 18 A AviationWeather Plugin 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↑1 1 too low 19 Oganro: Hotels, Flights, Transfers, Car Hire, Excursion Search Box 40+ · 2.0★ (1) wp.org #13 ↑1 6 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.