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

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 study”, 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 Bible Reading Plans 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #1 2 VerseLinker 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 3 Bible Daily Reading Plan 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 4 C Christian Science Bible Lesson Subjects 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 5 Verse of the Day Widget for WP 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 ↓1 3 too low 6 Truth 70+ · 4.0★ (9) wp.org #13 ↓2 7 too low 7 Sermon Library 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Georg Kloster Bible Reader — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 Hidden Word Bible Lessons — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↓1 2 too high 10 PrimeBible Verse Preview 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 1 too high 11 IWS Interactive Church Sermon Notes — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓1 12 KindPixels Next Event Countdown — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 13 BibleBridge 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 ↓1 3 too high 14 D Dvotd — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 15 Servantly Sermon Archive with YouTube Import and Live Detection — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 16 Servantly Ask – Private Q&A with Spam-Blocking Moderation — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 1 too low 17 BibleScriptureTagger 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 1 too high 18 N NetBible Tagger Reloaded — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 1 too low 19 B Biblefox for WordPress 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too low 20 T TopBible for WordPress 10+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #18 ↓1 2 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.