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

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 “christian”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 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.

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Ranked above its merit

Christian Science Bible Lesson Subjects shows at wp.org #9 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 8 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 WP Mail Logging 300K+ · 4.7★ (375) wp.org #1 2 Animate It! 20K+ · 4.9★ (127) wp.org #2 3 Admin Management Xtended 5K+ · 4.6★ (18) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 M Multiple Roles 5K+ · 4.7★ (15) wp.org #7 3 too low 5 WP Anchor Header 300+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 CiviCRM Admin Utilities 1K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #8 2 too low 7 U Urvanov Syntax Highlighter 3K+ · 4.5★ (19) wp.org #15 ↓1 8 too low 8 WP SPID Italia 100+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 Product Labels, Quick View, Buy Now, Pre-Orders, Frequently Bought Together & More for WooCommerce – Merchant 9K+ · 4.2★ (11) wp.org #11 ↓1 2 too low 10 Visual Bible Verse of the Day Widget 1K+ · 4.0★ (3) wp.org #3 7 too high 11 Seed Buddhist Year 3K+ · 4.9★ (11) wp.org #18 ↓1 7 too low 12 CiviCRM Member Sync 800+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #10 ↑3 2 too high 13 MyBookTable Bookstore by Stormhill Media 1K+ · 3.8★ (41) wp.org #16 ↓1 3 too low 14 CiviCRM Profile Sync 500+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #12 ↓3 2 too high 15 Disable Flamingo Addressbook 4K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 ↓2 2 too high 16 Verse of the Day Widget for WP 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 ↑7 2 too high 17 C Christian Science Bible Lesson Subjects 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↑3 8 too high 18 External Links Overview 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #17 ↓1 1 too high 19 Dyslexie Font Accessibility 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 20 O Orthodox Calendar 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓2 21 Trackboxx Analytics 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↑1 1 too low 22 NutsForPress Indexing and SEO 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↑1 1 too low 23 PrimeBible Verse Preview 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 BibleBridge 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↑1 3 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.