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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “coffee2code”

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 “coffee2code”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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 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

If File Exists shows at wp.org #11 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 30+ 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 Hide Broken Shortcodes 400+ · 4.5★ (10) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 Disable Search 30K+ · 4.7★ (16) wp.org #2 ↓1 3 Add Admin CSS 10K+ · 4.9★ (35) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 One Click Close Comments 5K+ · 4.9★ (10) wp.org #4 5 Years Ago Today 100+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 Configure SMTP 6K+ · 4.9★ (45) wp.org #10 4 too low 7 wpuntexturize 900+ · 4.6★ (12) wp.org #15 ↓1 8 too low 8 List More Custom Field Names 70+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #8 9 Quick Drafts Access 400+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #17 ↓1 8 too low 10 Force Admin Color Scheme 500+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #7 ↓1 3 too high 11 Preserve Code Formatting 400+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #12 1 too low 12 Remember Me Controls 4K+ · 4.3★ (7) wp.org #19 ↓1 7 too low 13 Master Post Password 50+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #20 ↓1 7 too low 14 One Email, Multiple Users 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 ↑1 8 too high 15 No Update Nag 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 2 too high 16 Never Moderate Registered Users 20+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #14 ↑1 2 too high 17 Random File 70+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 8 too high 18 Expandable Dashboard Recent Comments 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #21 3 too low 19 Linkify Tags 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #23 ↓3 4 too low 20 If File Exists 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 9 too high 21 Array Partition 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 5 too high 22 Bulk Plugin Toggle — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 Safe Function Call 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 ↓1 5 too high 24 Parentless Categories 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1

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.