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

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 “baby”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 2 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

SizeSync – Size Chart & Size Guide for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #5 but places #15 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 400+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform 100K+ · 4.6★ (708) wp.org #3 2 too low 2 M MCM Random Baby Name Generator 60+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Smart Search & Product Filter for WooCommerce – Searchanise 900+ · 4.4★ (43) wp.org #7 4 too low 4 Importify – AI Dropshipping for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.5★ (27) wp.org #15 ↓2 11 too low 5 Mail Baby SMTP 500+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #2 3 too high 6 WPC Badge Management for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #6 7 MultiSafepay plugin for WooCommerce 3K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 ↑1 3 too high 8 List Petfinder Pets 400+ · 4.8★ (11) wp.org #22 14 too low 9 Tourfic – AI Powered Travel Booking, Hotel Booking & Car Rental 1K+ · 4.1★ (16) wp.org #17 8 too low 10 WP Pregnancy & Ovulation Calculator 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 S Simple RSVP 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 Logicfire Wishlist & Registry for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #14 ↑1 2 too low 13 DragBlock – WordPress Site & Page Builder with Advanced Blocks 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #10 3 too high 14 FancyProduct — Product Carousel, Slider, Gallery & Grid for WooCommerce 200+ · 4.1★ (7) wp.org #13 ↑1 1 too high 15 SizeSync – Size Chart & Size Guide for WooCommerce 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 ↓1 10 too high 16 Smart Pregnancy Calculator Suite 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 5 too high 17 S Slodds Baby Name Generator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 5 too high 18 Product Size Charts Plugin for WooCommerce, Size Table, Size Chart Popup – WPBean 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 2 too high 19 BotPenguin – Generative AI Chatbot with Live Chat & ChatGPT 600+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 20 MC Annual Upcounter 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 21 O Orbisius Random Name Generator 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 22 MyFeeds — Affiliate Product Feed Importer & Shoppable Product Cards 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 Buttonify-Dropshipping 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 24 Cache Me Baby 10+ · 1.3★ (3) wp.org #18 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.