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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “clickable world map”

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 “clickable world map”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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.

Ranked above its merit

MatrixMap – Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Store Locator & World Maps shows at wp.org #7 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 200+ 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.

Buried gem

Location Weather – WordPress Weather Forecast, Air Quality & Weather Widget places #9 on merit, 4.5★ from 103 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Open User Map – Interactive Leaflet Maps 10K+ · 5.0★ (70) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Interactive World Map 900+ · 3.5★ (17) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Mapster WP Maps 3K+ · 4.9★ (54) wp.org #3 ↑2 4 Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #9 5 too low 5 HTML5 Maps 4K+ · 4.6★ (45) wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too high 6 Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar – Amelia 90K+ · 4.6★ (793) wp.org #12 ↓1 6 too low 7 MapSVG – Vector maps, Image maps, Google Maps 1K+ · 4.5★ (31) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Agile Store Locator 10K+ · 4.9★ (59) wp.org #11 ↓1 3 too low 9 Location Weather – WordPress Weather Forecast, Air Quality & Weather Widget 10K+ · 4.5★ (103) wp.org #16 7 too low 10 Live Composer – Free WordPress Website Builder 10K+ · 4.4★ (212) wp.org #13 ↓1 3 too low 11 Vision – Interactive Image Map with Hotspots Builder 2K+ · 4.9★ (9) wp.org #8 ↓1 3 too high 12 GS Books Showcase – Display Books in Grid, Slider & More | Library for WordPress 500+ · 4.8★ (42) wp.org #20 ↑1 8 too low 13 Basic Interactive World Map 900+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #5 ↓1 8 too high 14 Copy Anything to Clipboard for WordPress – Copy Button, Copy Text & Copy Code 10K+ · 4.5★ (36) wp.org #22 8 too low 15 Beehive Analytics – Google Analytics Dashboard 20K+ · 4.5★ (13) wp.org #15 ↓1 16 Interactive Globes – 3D World Maps 400+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #10 ↓4 6 too high 17 SimpleMaps 600+ · 4.8★ (10) wp.org #17 ↓2 18 Floating Awesome Button (Sticky Button, Popup, Toast) & 200+ Website Custom Interactive Element 700+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #24 ↓1 6 too low 19 MatrixMap – Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Store Locator & World Maps 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 ↑1 12 too high 20 Uplink Media Bridge for Etch 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #23 3 too low 21 Interactive World, Europe & US Maps – Atlas Maps 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓5 3 too high 22 RC Site Map Plugin 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↑3 8 too high 23 Interactive Map of Europe 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 4 too high 24 Interactive World Maps Clickable 10+ · 0.0★ (0) 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.