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

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 “apartment”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 of the top 20. 4 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

RealPress – Real Estate Plugin shows at wp.org #8 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 400+ 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.

Buried gem

Ultimate Before After Image Slider & Gallery – BEAF places #7 on merit, 4.9★ from 107 reviews, but shows at wp.org #14. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Schema & Structured Data for WP & AMP 100K+ · 4.5★ (252) wp.org #1 2 BA Book Everything 10K+ · 4.2★ (20) wp.org #2 3 Ultra Addons for Contact Form 7 60K+ · 4.8★ (107) wp.org #7 ↓2 4 too low 4 WP Booking System – Booking Calendar 10K+ · 4.9★ (344) wp.org #6 ↓2 2 too low 5 VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS 8K+ · 4.8★ (61) wp.org #5 ↑1 6 GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory 10K+ · 4.8★ (716) wp.org #12 6 too low 7 Ultimate Before After Image Slider & Gallery – BEAF 30K+ · 4.9★ (107) wp.org #14 ↓1 7 too low 8 Vachr Short-Term Rental Reservations 30+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #3 ↑7 5 too high 9 WP Directory Kit 2K+ · 4.9★ (35) wp.org #10 ↓1 1 too low 10 Tourfic – AI Powered Travel Booking, Hotel Booking & Car Rental 1K+ · 4.1★ (16) wp.org #4 ↓1 6 too high 11 Same Category Posts 3K+ · 4.7★ (13) wp.org #9 ↓1 2 too high 12 Address Autocomplete Anything – Google Address Autocomplete for Any Form 900+ · 5.0★ (16) wp.org #17 ↓1 5 too low 13 Interactive Real Estate – Floor Plan & Building Visualizer 30+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #15 ↑3 2 too low 14 MotoPress Hotel Booking 10K+ · 3.7★ (65) wp.org #20 6 too low 15 Address Validation and Autocomplete for WooCommerce | Addressfinder 900+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #19 4 too low 16 Host Domination Booking Engine: Calendar Sync & Reservation System 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #21 ↑3 5 too low 17 Rent Fetch 80+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #11 6 too high 18 MaxX Single Property Schema For Houzez Theme Only 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #22 ↓1 4 too low 19 RealPress – Real Estate Plugin 400+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↓1 11 too high 20 Hotel Booking for WooCommerce 100+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #18 ↓1 2 too high 21 Tourfic Toolkit 900+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 5 too high 22 WooCommerce Accommodation Bookings 1K+ · 2.1★ (16) wp.org #13 ↑1 9 too high 23 Redforts Hotel Booking Engine 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 24 RentPress for Websites 100+ · 0.0★ (0) 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.