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

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

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

Calculate BMR and BMI shows at wp.org #2 but places #6 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its 200+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.5★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

WP Delicious – Recipe Plugin for Food Bloggers (formerly Delicious Recipes) places #2 on merit, 4.9★ from 71 reviews, but shows at wp.org #6. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WP Calorie Calculator 900+ · 4.7★ (12) wp.org #1 2 WP Delicious – Recipe Plugin for Food Bloggers (formerly Delicious Recipes) 4K+ · 4.9★ (71) wp.org #6 4 too low 3 Calorie Calculator 100+ · 3.4★ (10) wp.org #3 4 Gym Builder – Class Timetable & Booking for Gyms, Fitness & Yoga Studios 100+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #10 6 too low 5 Diet Calorie Calculator 100+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #12 ↓1 7 too low 6 Calculate BMR and BMI 200+ · 3.5★ (2) wp.org #2 4 too high 7 CFF Fitness and Health Operations 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Run Log 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 4 too high 9 DineKit – Restaurant Menu, Online Ordering, Table Reservations & POS 70+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 10 Bright Addons for Elementor 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #11 ↑1 1 too low 11 CI Calorie Calculator 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 4 too high 12 CodeArt Units Converter 70+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 4 too high 13 FitNFO Lite — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too low 14 Your Move Nutrition – Calorie Calculator, Tracker & Barcode Scanner — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↑1 1 too low 15 Calorie Calculator 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 1 too low 16 Anacoder Calculators – 20+ Responsive Calculators & Embed Suite — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 3 too high 17 Food Info Nutrition Labels — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 18 Ecreate Calculators – Loan, Mortgage, BMI and Business Calculators — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 Yangra Calculator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 20 SchemaGenius AI – WordPress Schema Plugin, Structured Data, Rich Snippets & WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 21 Health & Fitness Calculators Suite 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 22 MeroDiet – Meal Planner & Client Management for Dietitians — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 23 Dine Quick Sheet Menu — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 24 LiftPress — · 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.