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

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

Pinyin Slug shows at wp.org #8 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 60+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Cyrlitera – Transliteration of Links and File Names 40K+ · 4.6★ (62) wp.org #1 2 SimpleTOC – Table of Contents Block 10K+ · 4.9★ (77) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 Cool Timeline (Horizontal & Vertical Timeline) 20K+ · 4.7★ (333) wp.org #6 3 too low 4 Cyr to Lat Reloaded – Transliteration of Links and File Names 30K+ · 4.5★ (15) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 Pinyin Slugs 3K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 Boxtal – Shipping solution 9K+ · 4.0★ (46) wp.org #20 14 too low 7 Body Class By URL Parameter 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Herodotus – On This Day 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #11 ↓1 3 too low 9 PayPal Brasil para WooCommerce 1K+ · 3.8★ (12) wp.org #24 15 too low 10 La Poste Pro Expéditions WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #21 ↑1 11 too low 11 BC CourierHub BD 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 ByteCoreStack – MCP Connector for AI Tools 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↑1 2 too high 13 ByteCoreStack – SMTP & Health Monitor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 ByteCoreStack – Cache Invalidation for Amazon CloudFront — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 BCS BatchLine Book Importer 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 8 too high 16 BC Forum — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 M Mapletools Canadian Mortgage Calculators — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 2 too high 18 ByteCoreStack – Lightsail CDN Cache Manager — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↑3 2 too high 19 Pravoid – GDPR, cookies a VOP pro české weby — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 2 too high 20 Pay50 for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 2 too high 21 Codefaeries Country Based Content — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 2 too high 22 Pryma Multi-Gateways for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 23 Booking Manager – Sync WP Booking Calendar – Import Events, Export Bookings to ICS Calendar 5K+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #23 24 Pinyin Slug 60+ · 3.0★ (1) wp.org #8 16 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.