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

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 “aviation”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 2 of the top 16. 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Aviation Company Flight Search & Booking — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #1 2 Aviation Weather from NOAA 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too low 3 Website Carbon Calculator 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #2 ↓1 1 too high 4 NetLeader Aviator 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 ↓1 5 Leadovation Aerodrome METAR TAF — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 ↓1 6 Leadovation Aero Courses — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 ↓1 7 Leadovation Aero Hangar — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↓1 8 Leadovation Aero Users — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↓1 9 taf-metar-widget 20+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #12 ↓1 3 too low 10 A Aviation Weather Briefing 20+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #13 ↓1 3 too low 11 TradeSchool Manager — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 2 too high 12 Sitestream — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 2 too high 13 Oganro Flight Booking 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↓1 2 too high 14 Weight and balance 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 1 too low 15 A AviationWeather Plugin 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 1 too low 16 Airliners Widget 10+ · 1.0★ (2) wp.org #14 ↓1 2 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.