wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “climate action”

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 “climate action”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 of the top 20. 3 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Freeze Shipping Alert and Global Hardiness Zones and Frost Data shows at wp.org #5 but places #11 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its — 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.

merit plugin signals wp.org

Location Weather – WordPress Weather Forecast, Air Quality & Weather Widget 10K+ · 4.5★ (103) wp.org #2 1 too low 2

Tree-Nation for WooCommerce 100+ · 3.8★ (5) thin reviews wp.org #1 1 too high 3

ClimateClick: Climate Action for all 10+ · 4.6★ (10) closure risk thin reviewsstale but ranked wp.org #6 3 too low 4

Attachment Taxonomies 1K+ · 4.6★ (10) thin reviews wp.org #14 10 too low 5

NoPayn Payments 70+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviewslow rating, top placement wp.org #3 2 too high 6

Gitium 400+ · 4.1★ (10) thin reviews wp.org #15 9 too low 7

Webcomic 600+ · 4.0★ (13) closure risk thin reviews wp.org #22 13 too low 10

FA WP Admin Menu Icons 100+ · 4.2★ (5) thin reviews wp.org #16 6 too low 11

Freeze Shipping Alert and Global Hardiness Zones and Frost Data — · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #5 6 too high 12

Green Cart Checkout — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #7 5 too high 13

ilGhera Contributo RAEE for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #8 5 too high 14

Vaglio Asserzioni Ambientali — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #9 5 too high 15

CarbonGuru Embedded Merchant Offsetting — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #10 5 too high 16

Staufenwald for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #11 5 too high 17

Hello Green Click by Green Aureus — · 0.0★ (0) closure risk thin reviews wp.org #12 5 too high 18

Calio Addon for Elementor – Widgets, Slider & Extensions — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #13 5 too high 19

AlitaYoko Accordion Boxes — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #17 2 too high 20

Carbon Balance: Carbon calculation and offsetting for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) closure risk thin reviews wp.org #20 21

IoT Data Widget – Home Assistant, MQTT & Smart Home Sensors — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #23 2 too low 22

BookingFacil Reservations for Accommodations — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #24 ↓1 2 too low 23

ReSpek Nature — · 5.0★ (1) closure risk thin reviews wp.org #19 4 too high 24

PayGreen Impact 10+ · 2.0★ (1) closure risk thin reviews wp.org #21 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.