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

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 “attendee”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 5 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

Eventward shows at wp.org #17 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 400+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, Appointments and more! 60K+ · 4.2★ (551) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Event Genius – Event Calendar, Event Registration, and Attendee Management 600+ · 4.8★ (17) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce – Sell Tickets, Event Registration, RSVP & Event Calendar 7K+ · 4.5★ (167) wp.org #3 4 Eventin – Events Calendar, Tickets, Registration, Booking & WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (413) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Event Tickets and Registration 90K+ · 3.5★ (236) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.0★ (249) wp.org #7 ↑1 1 too low 7 EventPrime – Events Calendar, Bookings, Tickets & AI 7K+ · 4.4★ (85) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Registrations for the Events Calendar – Event Registration Plugin 7K+ · 5.0★ (103) wp.org #10 2 too low 9 Tickera – Sell Tickets & Manage Events 2K+ · 4.5★ (292) wp.org #11 2 too low 10 Fluent Booking – The Ultimate Appointments Scheduling, Events Booking, Events Calendar Solution 20K+ · 4.7★ (46) wp.org #8 ↓1 2 too high 11 Simple Calendar – Google Calendar Plugin 50K+ · 3.8★ (397) wp.org #12 1 too low 12 Password Protected 300K+ · 4.4★ (142) wp.org #13 1 too low 13 Sugar Calendar – Events Calendar, Event Tickets, and Events Management Platform 10K+ · 4.5★ (24) wp.org #9 4 too high 14 WPBot – AI ChatBot for Live Support, Lead Generation, WordPress Automation, AI Services 5K+ · 4.7★ (124) wp.org #20 6 too low 15 Quick Event Manager 1K+ · 4.9★ (67) wp.org #19 ↓2 4 too low 16 Event Espresso – Event Registration & Ticketing Sales 500+ · 4.4★ (136) wp.org #22 6 too low 17 Event Tickets Manager for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.7★ (32) wp.org #15 ↓1 2 too high 18 WebinarPress – Webinar System for WordPress 800+ · 4.1★ (40) wp.org #16 ↓1 2 too high 19 Event Monster – Event Manager, Event Booking, Event Ticket & Registration 600+ · 4.8★ (18) wp.org #14 ↓1 5 too high 20 Event Tickets with Ticket Scanner 1K+ · 4.8★ (24) wp.org #18 ↓2 2 too high 21 Hydra Booking — Appointment Scheduling & Booking Calendar 2K+ · 4.4★ (9) wp.org #24 ↓5 3 too low 22 Event Koi Lite – Events Calendar, Event Management, RSVP, and Tickets 60+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #23 ↑1 1 too low 23 Venuera – Event Tickets for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #21 2 too high 24 Eventward 400+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #17 ↑1 7 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.