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

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 “battery”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 5 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

UV Realtime Crypto Dashboard shows at wp.org #17 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its — 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 Solar Wizard Lite 200+ · 4.7★ (14) wp.org #1 2 RepairBuddy – Repair Shop CRM & Booking Plugin for WordPress 400+ · 4.9★ (24) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Rs Christmas Trees – Holiday Decorations, Christmas Garlands & Falling Snow Effect 100+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Store Locator for WordPress📍 1K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Product Option Kit – Product Options & Addons for WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #4 ↑4 1 too high 6 Simple Location 300+ · 4.6★ (8) wp.org #11 5 too low 7 Auto Refresh Post & Page 80+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Icon Box Block – Insert your favorite icon with customization and design 600+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 N Nerakon Battery Record Manager — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 XTX Integration for Netatmo 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 ↓2 5 too low 11 Sparkle for Divi 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↑2 1 too high 12 PiWeb Customer review / Product review for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 3 too high 13 Correct Horse Battery Staple — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓2 14 Solar Calculator 90+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓2 2 too high 15 Indesign Text Marquee 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 1 too low 16 Veloxa Solar Widget – Solar Production Display — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓2 2 too low 17 IntelliDesc – AI Product Descriptions for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 3 too high 18 Veltrixo Device Repair Quote Form — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 1 too low 19 OutageMath Runtime Calculator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too low 20 My Trail Camera — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 1 too low 21 UV Realtime Crypto Dashboard — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 4 too high 22 KAAAH Car Finder — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 Aizle Dots — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 24 Emily Solar Concierge — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓4

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.