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

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 “cockpit”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 2 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Polanger Ticket System for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #15 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 5 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 wp.org
1 BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Security Ninja – WordPress Security & Firewall 7K+ · 4.7★ (101) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 g-FFL Cockpit 500+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 g-FFL Checkout 600+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 FunnelCockpit 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 6 Ostheimer Cockpit for WebMCP — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 Instructor Cockpit for LearnDash — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 MITS One Click Return – EU 2023/2673 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 9 WP DevOps Dashboard 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 10 Vollstart Appointment Desk — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 11 D Design Cart Dashboard for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 12 Tidy Content Planner – Editorial Calendar with Drag & Drop — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 13 Shop Explorer – AI Inventory Management | Complete Store Management Solution for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #20 7 too low 14 Armory Atlas for WooCommerce 2 — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 CashFlowCanary Checkout Monitor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 Renewal Rescue for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 AUREVYX — Website Engineering & Intelligence Platform — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 18 Strikewise – Lowest Price & Price History for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 Ultimate Business Dashboard — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 20 Polanger Ticket System for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 5 too high 21 BookingFacil Reservations for Accommodations — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 22 OMS Labels AI Transparency — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 Sekkei – Section Planner & Workflow Toolkit for Elementor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 24 Form Flight Recorder — · 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.