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

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 “blogspot”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 4 of the top 16. 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 Blogger Importer Extended 4K+ · 4.7★ (131) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 RSS Aggregator by Feedzy – Feed to Post, Autoblogging, News & YouTube Video Feeds Aggregator 40K+ · 4.6★ (361) wp.org #5 ↑1 3 too low 3 BtW Importer – Free Blogger/Blogspot Migration 600+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster 20K+ · 3.3★ (617) wp.org #4 5 Blogger To WordPress 3K+ · 4.2★ (26) wp.org #6 ↓1 1 too low 6 Blogger Import Wizard – Blogger to WordPress Importer 80+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #3 3 too high 7 Export to Blogger 800+ · 4.2★ (6) wp.org #9 2 too low 8 I I don't endorse Google 10+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #12 4 too low 9 ForthFocus Atom XML Converter for Blogger™ 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 Kainoto Simple RSS Importer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 11 BlogPort Migrator for Blogger 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 3 too high 12 R Rikki's WP Social Icons 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 1 too low 13 Tuyul Ninja 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 P Pingcrawl 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↑1 1 too low 15 F FeedCache 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 B Blogger Redirector 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1

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.