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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “android market”

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 “android market”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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

Mobile App Canvas – Convert your Website Into an App for iOS and Android shows at wp.org #4 but places #14 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 200+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.2★ average from 5 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

3D FlipBook – PDF Embedder, PDF Flipbook Viewer, Flipbook Image Gallery places #10 on merit, 4.8★ from 182 reviews, but shows at wp.org #18. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ · 4.8★ (14387) wp.org #1 2 Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider 60K+ · 4.6★ (504) wp.org #5 3 too low 3 Oliver POS – WooCommerce POS for iPhone, iPad & Android 700+ · 4.2★ (90) wp.org #3 4 Customer Reviews for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.8★ (1539) wp.org #7 ↓1 3 too low 5 Buttonizer – Social Media Share Buttons, Social Icons, & Social Feeds 40K+ · 4.8★ (396) wp.org #6 ↑1 1 too low 6 WappPress – Convert Site to App Fast – WordPress to Mobile App Builder 1K+ · 3.6★ (39) wp.org #2 4 too high 7 Slider by Soliloquy – Responsive Image Slider for WordPress 30K+ · 4.7★ (1025) wp.org #11 4 too low 8 Buttonizer – Floating Menus, Sticky Buttons, & Popup Builder 70K+ · 4.5★ (151) wp.org #8 9 Tickera – Sell Tickets & Manage Events 2K+ · 4.5★ (292) wp.org #9 10 3D FlipBook – PDF Embedder, PDF Flipbook Viewer, Flipbook Image Gallery 70K+ · 4.8★ (182) wp.org #18 8 too low 11 Buttonizer – Live Chat, AI Chatbot, Call, Chat, Contact Button 50K+ · 5.0★ (23) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 Live Chat by Formilla – Real-time Chat & Chatbots Plugin 2K+ · 4.8★ (116) wp.org #15 3 too low 13 Barcode Generator: Print Product Labels & Order Barcode Label (A4, Thermal/Roll, Letter) 900+ · 4.5★ (74) wp.org #13 ↓1 14 Mobile App Canvas – Convert your Website Into an App for iOS and Android 200+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #4 10 too high 15 LiveAgent – Omnichannel Help Desk & Live Chat Software 400+ · 4.2★ (32) wp.org #12 ↑1 3 too high 16 Smart Online Order for Clover 1K+ · 4.9★ (34) wp.org #23 ↓1 7 too low 17 Jovvie Point of Sale POS for WooCommerce 100+ · 4.5★ (22) wp.org #19 2 too low 18 Cincopa video and media plug-in 1K+ · 2.8★ (26) wp.org #17 1 too high 19 FooSales – Point of Sale (POS) for WooCommerce 600+ · 3.2★ (13) wp.org #14 5 too high 20 iZooto – Web Push Notifications 900+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #16 4 too high 21 wallee 400+ · 2.7★ (9) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 W webtonative 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #21 1 too high 23 Customer Support Software, Live Chat, & Marketing Automation 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too high 24 Elite Licenser addon-lite for WooCommerce 100+ · 3.0★ (4) wp.org #24 ↓1

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.