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

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 widget”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

The Word Widget shows at wp.org #3 but places #10 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 200+ 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 Bible Verse of the Day 3K+ · 4.9★ (11) wp.org #1 2 Advanced Sermons 1K+ · 4.7★ (22) wp.org #6 4 too low 3 Visual Bible Verse of the Day Widget 1K+ · 4.0★ (3) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Bible SuperSearch 300+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #4 5 WP24 Domain Check 4K+ · 4.3★ (32) wp.org #15 10 too low 6 Bible Search and Audio / Biblia y Concordancia con Audio 100+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #8 2 too low 7 Church Admin 900+ · 4.7★ (17) wp.org #20 ↓1 13 too low 8 Verse of the Day Widget for WP 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #5 3 too high 9 Mattytap Sermons 60+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #11 ↓1 2 too low 10 The Word Widget 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 7 too high 11 Versiculo del dia 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 2 too low 12 VerseLinker 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 5 too high 13 C Christian Science Bible Lesson Subjects 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↑1 3 too high 14 Daily Readings 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 5 too high 15 Bible Verse Tooltips – Prodigal Verse — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 3 too high 16 Georg Kloster Bible Reader — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 1 too low 17 Hidden Word Bible Lessons — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 1 too low 18 Literal Word BibleTagger 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 4 too high 19 Verse of the Day 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 3 too high 20 Spirit Liturgický kalendár 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1 4 too low 21 Imagen del dia 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↓1 2 too high 22 Diccionario de la Biblia 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↓1 1 too high 23 Concordancia de la Biblia 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too high 24 Contenido del dia 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 ↓1 1 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.