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

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 “bookmarklet”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 of the top 20. 7 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.

Ranked above its merit

All Social Share – Sticky & Floating Share Buttons for WordPress shows at wp.org #7 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 10 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.

Buried gem

Scriptless Social Sharing places #6 on merit, 5.0★ from 69 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Press This 5K+ · 3.7★ (25) wp.org #1 2 URL Shortify – Simple and Easy URL Shortener 10K+ · 4.7★ (167) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 Autoptimize 800K+ · 4.7★ (1428) wp.org #12 9 too low 4 B Bulk Plugin Installation 300+ · 3.6★ (10) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 PressForward 100+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 Scriptless Social Sharing 10K+ · 5.0★ (69) wp.org #16 10 too low 7 Link Library 10K+ · 4.7★ (97) wp.org #11 4 too low 8 LH Add Media From Url 2K+ · 4.2★ (9) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 Video Gallery by Huzzaz 900+ · 4.4★ (44) wp.org #13 4 too low 10 CuratorCrowd Recipe Box 10+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #10 11 Friends 900+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #14 3 too low 12 CM Curated List Manager – Effortless tool for link management 80+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #5 7 too high 13 Spoken Word 90+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #21 8 too low 14 Cherry Picker 100+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #9 5 too high 15 Post Kinds 100+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #18 3 too low 16 Zsoogi Clipper — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 8 too high 17 All Social Share – Sticky & Floating Share Buttons for WordPress 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 10 too high 18 I IndieWeb Press This 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 3 too high 19 Post Kinds for IndieWeb in Block Themes — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 20 LH Nominate This — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 21 W WP Blockquote Shortcode 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 1 too low 22 M MP Share Center 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 LH Browser Shots 10+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #17 6 too high 24 A Add Media from URL 20+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #24

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.