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

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 “booth”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 7 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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

XPRCheckout – WebAuth Gateway for Woocommerce shows at wp.org #14 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 10+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Interactive Image Map Plugin – Draw Attention 20K+ · 4.9★ (114) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.0★ (249) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Expo Booth Booking 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 SeatReg 300+ · 5.0★ (30) wp.org #16 12 too low 5 RegisterONE – Enterprise Event Management & Ticketing 20+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #8 ↓1 3 too low 6 S Salamgate – سلام گیت 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Floorplans – Lite 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 3 too high 8 NitroBooth — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 Walls.io: Social Media Feed 1K+ · 3.8★ (6) wp.org #15 6 too low 10 PinSpot – Interactive Image Hotspots 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↑3 3 too high 11 anny bookings 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 1 too high 12 LEOGRAMMING OGP画像生成 — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 1 too high 13 AR Button – AR Product Preview & Configurator — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 ↓1 4 too high 14 L Live Quote Package Builder — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 2 too high 15 SeatLayer Seating Charts — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 2 too high 16 AgileTix Site Sync — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↑1 2 too low 17 Simple Poll 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 18 Axiom Vendor Calendar — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↑1 2 too low 19 Poll And Vote System — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 20 XPRCheckout – WebAuth Gateway for Woocommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 6 too high 21 C Community Radio Jukebox — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 22 Booth Junkie Gallery 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 H Hypercardinator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 24 A add .html in URL 10+ · 0.0★ (0) 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.