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

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 reference”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 of the top 20.

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

BibleBridge shows at wp.org #18 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 20+ 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 Link To Bible 100+ · 4.1★ (10) wp.org #1 2 Logos Reftagger 10K+ · 4.8★ (15) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 BibleLink Multilingual 300+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 ESV CrossReference Tool 500+ · 4.0★ (6) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Mattytap Sermons 60+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 Visual Bible Verse of the Day Widget 1K+ · 4.0★ (3) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 Bible SuperSearch 300+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #7 ↓1 8 The Word Widget 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 ↑1 2 too high 9 Verse of the Day Widget for WP 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 ↑1 4 too low 10 VerseLinker 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 Bible Verse Tooltips – Prodigal Verse — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 12 BibleUp 60+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 3 too low 13 Bible Daily Reading Plan 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 Literal Word BibleTagger 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 4 too high 15 Predikarens bibelreferenser 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #24 ↓1 9 too low 16 PrimeBible Verse Preview 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 Bible Buddy 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 18 BibleAsk – Verse Tooltip — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↓1 4 too high 19 Hidden Word Bible Lessons — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 20 Georg Kloster Bible Reader — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 21 PrayTime.me Bible Verses — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 22 B Bible Reader 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 23 Show and Link Bible Verse 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 24 BibleBridge 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 6 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.