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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “bbcode to html”

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 “bbcode to html”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 1 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Antispam Bee 700K+ · 4.8★ (226) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 GD bbPress Tools 1K+ · 3.8★ (24) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Gwolle Guestbook 20K+ · 4.8★ (113) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 forumAttachments for bbPress 6K+ · 4.3★ (26) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 WP w3all phpBB 200+ · 4.7★ (31) wp.org #5 6 Affiliate Super Assistent 1K+ · 4.6★ (36) wp.org #6 7 Inline Spoilers 1K+ · 4.6★ (14) wp.org #8 ↓1 1 too low 8 Init Void Shield – Zero-DB, Honeypot, Anti-Spam 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↑1 1 too high 9 Carve Markup — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 10 B bbPress2 BBCode 90+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #19 9 too low 11 C Commentinel Spam Comment Cleaner — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 WPBetterCodeHighlighting — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 1 too high 13 KOZ URL-Only Comment Spam — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 Expandable FAQ 40+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #21 7 too low 15 S.EE URL Shortener, Text & File Sharing — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 2 too high 16 DamaSoft Antispam — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 Stats4U — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 2 too high 18 Yuga AntiMalware — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 2 too high 19 Quarivo Form Shield 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 2 too high 20 GB Anti-Spam for Contact Form 7 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 2 too high 21 Coffeeblack BBPress Extended Lite 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 S SyntaxHighlighter Plus 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22

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.