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

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

Ranked above its merit

Cost Calculator for WPForms shows at wp.org #9 but places #15 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2144) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 WP Calorie Calculator 900+ · 4.7★ (12) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 PVB Contact Form 7 Calculator 600+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #5 ↑1 2 too low 4 Calorie Calculator 100+ · 3.4★ (10) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Diet Calorie Calculator 100+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #6 ↓1 1 too low 6 Cost Calculator for Contact Form 7 – Price Calculator Free 5K+ · 3.8★ (15) wp.org #8 2 too low 7 Easy Form 100+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #12 ↑1 5 too low 8 CI Calorie Calculator 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 4 too high 9 Cost Calculator for Elementor 500+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 Blockenberg — 645 Advanced Gutenberg Blocks, 683 Templates and AI Agent for WordPress Block Editor 1K+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #11 ↓1 1 too low 11 stepFORM: Plugin for Building Contact Forms, Advanced Multi-Step Forms, Payment Integration, and Custom Contact Form Solutions 100+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #16 ↓1 5 too low 12 DineKit – Restaurant Menu, Online Ordering, Table Reservations & POS 70+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 ↓1 3 too low 13 Calorie Calculator 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓2 14 Your Move Nutrition – Calorie Calculator, Tracker & Barcode Scanner — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓2 15 Cost Calculator for WPForms 100+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #9 6 too high 16 Calculate BMR and BMI 200+ · 3.5★ (2) wp.org #10 6 too high 17 Health & Fitness Calculators Suite 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 2 too low 18 Boma Pet Nutrition Pro — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 2 too low 19 FitNFO Lite — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 2 too low 20 Anacoder Calculators – 20+ Responsive Calculators & Embed Suite — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↓1 3 too high 21 GimmeCalc Embed — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too low 22 Dine Quick Sheet Menu — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 1 too low 23 D Dine on Tap — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1 1 too low 24 K Keto Calculator 80+ · 3.5★ (2) wp.org #18 ↓1 6 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.