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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “bible reader”

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 “bible reader”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 3 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 ESV CrossReference Tool 500+ · 4.0★ (6) wp.org #1 2 VerseLinker 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 3 Georg Kloster Bible Reader — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 4 Verse of the Day Widget for WP 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 ↓1 2 too low 5 B Bible Reader 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too high 6 BibleBridge 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too high 7 Bible Verse Tooltips – Prodigal Verse — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↓1 8 PrayTime.me Bible Verses — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 1 too low 9 BibleUp 60+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 ↓1 3 too low 10 Hidden Word Bible Lessons — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 11 Literal Word BibleTagger 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 ↓1 3 too high 12 PrimeBible Verse Preview 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓1 1 too high 13 EstudoBiblico Bíblia Digital — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 14 Sermon Library 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 15 Georg-Kloster Calendar Workshop — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 16 SermonIndex — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 17 Kirchenjahr evangelisch 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 18 N NetBible Tagger Reloaded — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 2 too low 19 B Bible Reading Plan 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 2 too low 20 G GodInterest Share Button 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↓1 1 too high 21 T TopBible for WordPress 10+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #18 ↓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.