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

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 “brewery”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 of the top 20. 4 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

Commerce7 for WordPress shows at wp.org #2 but places #7 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its 1K+ 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 signals wp.org

Tickera – Sell Tickets & Manage Events 2K+ · 4.5★ (292) wp.org #3 2 too low 2

Better Block Editor (BBE) 6K+ · 5.0★ (11) not PHP-current thin reviews wp.org #1 1 too high 3

Advanced Local Pickup for WooCommerce – Click & Collect, In-Store Pickup 3K+ · 4.7★ (55) throws errorsnot PHP-current wp.org #5 2 too low 4

Easy Age Verify 1K+ · 4.0★ (4) thin reviews wp.org #4 5

WP Restaurant Price List 400+ · 4.7★ (11) closure risk thin reviews wp.org #11 6 too low 6

Events Maker by dFactory 1K+ · 4.7★ (33) closure risk wp.org #20 14 too low 7

Commerce7 for WordPress 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) not PHP-current thin reviews wp.org #2 5 too high 8

WowRestro – Restaurant Ordering & Operations for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (3) thin reviews wp.org #8 9

Multi-Form Anti-Spam Image CAPTCHA 30+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #6 3 too high 10

Local Business Schema Widget 20+ · 4.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #7 3 too high 11 U Untappd Ratings for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #9 2 too high 12 U Untappd WordPress Widget 100+ · 5.0★ (3) closure risk thin reviews wp.org #21 9 too low 13

7Labs Debug & Branding for Commerce7 — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #10 3 too high 14

Beverage Finder by Taps + Tables — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #12 2 too high 15

Ad Click Tracking for Gravity Forms — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #13 2 too high 16

Beacon Events – Events Calendar with Recurring Events & Google Calendar Sync — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #14 2 too high 17

MenuMax – Digital Restaurant Menus — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #15 2 too high 18

Microbite Business Schema 40+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #16 2 too high 19

Entity Schema 20+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #17 2 too high 20 B BrewMaster — · 0.0★ (0) closure risk thin reviews wp.org #22 2 too low 21 B BreweryDB 10+ · 0.0★ (0) closure risk thin reviews wp.org #23 2 too low 22

Best Local SEO Tools, WordPress SEO Plugin 20+ · 5.0★ (1) throws errorsnot PHP-currentclosure risk thin reviews wp.org #19 3 too high 23 B Beer Directory 20+ · 3.0★ (1) closure risk thin reviews wp.org #18 5 too high 24 B Beer Ratings 10+ · 1.0★ (1) closure risk thin reviews 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.