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

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 “capitalised”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 0 of the top 17.

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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

merit plugin wp.org
1 UK Address Postcode Validation 700+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #1 2 Snopix — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 ↑1 2 too low 3 Appointment Booking Calendar & Scheduling – Zoe Booking 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 ↑1 1 too high 4 TSO Link Inspector 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Really Simple Featured Audio – Sell Music, Samples & Audio Products with WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Sant Chat AI 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too high 7 YouTube to Article — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 Canadian Data Solutions GEO Ranking Tracker — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓2 1 too low 9 CloudScale SEO AI Optimizer — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 ↑1 2 too high 10 Global AI Chat — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 11 Tagloom — Label Designer & Bluetooth Printing for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 12 Gloty – AI Translation & Multilingual — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓3 13 PCIO VIS Member Event — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓2 14 BlogPilot by SuperApps — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓2 15 W WP Capitalized Titles 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓2 16 Gex Ratings (Facepunch Style) — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓2 17 A AviationWeather Plugin 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓2

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.