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

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 “basketball”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 7 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

Auto Fixture Generator for SportsPress shows at wp.org #14 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its 10+ 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 SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager 10K+ · 4.7★ (369) wp.org #2 ↓1 1 too low 2 JoomSport – for Sports: Team & League, Football, Hockey & more 1K+ · 4.9★ (44) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Tickera – Sell Tickets & Manage Events 2K+ · 4.5★ (292) wp.org #6 ↓1 3 too low 4 AnWP Sports Leagues – Basketball, Ice Hockey, Handball, Rugby & More 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #1 ↑1 3 too high 5 WP Club Manager – WordPress Sports Club Plugin 600+ · 4.7★ (40) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 AnWP Football Leagues 700+ · 4.9★ (14) wp.org #5 ↑1 1 too high 7 Sport Predictions for JoomSport 50+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #7 8 Wishlist and Compare for WooCommerce 100+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #8 ↑1 9 WP24 Domain Check 4K+ · 4.3★ (32) wp.org #24 15 too low 10 Achievements sports league 100+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #10 11 Sportsteam Widget – Football livescore 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #12 ↑1 1 too low 12 Fantasy Football 20+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #16 4 too low 13 Sport livescores: foootball and basketball results, fixtures and standings 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 4 too high 14 SPOSCOR Basketball — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 3 too high 15 Contact Form Migrator from Gravity Forms to Formidable 300+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #15 16 Basketball Scorebook — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 3 too high 17 Playard — Sports Facility Booking System for Courts, Fields, Pitches, Venues and More 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↑2 18 SPOSCOR Core 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↑5 19 Auto Fixture Generator for SportsPress 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 5 too high 20 Scoreboard UI 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 1 too high 21 Basketball Widgets – Basketball Results & Rankings 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓3 1 too high 22 BeBasket — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 23 S Sports Court Designer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 24 Victorious Fantasy Sports 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↓1 3 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.