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

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 “colorize”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 7 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 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

Style Manager shows at wp.org #12 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 500+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

SEO Ultimate places #9 on merit, 3.8★ from 98 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Advanced Classic Editor 2K+ · 4.0★ (10) wp.org #1 2 Redis Object Cache 500K+ · 4.5★ (179) wp.org #6 4 too low 3 Newsletter Subscription Form – User Subscriptions Form, Capture Email 1K+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #3 4 Colorize Mobile Browser Address bar 1K+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 Admin Help Docs 600+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #10 5 too low 6 E Easy Image Filters 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 LaTeX2HTML 200+ · 4.8★ (9) wp.org #11 4 too low 8 Colorize Admin 200+ · 4.8★ (8) wp.org #13 5 too low 9 SEO Ultimate 10K+ · 3.8★ (98) wp.org #24 15 too low 10 Custom Login Page by SeedProd 400+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #17 7 too low 11 ACF Stylizer 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 6 too high 12 Category Maps — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 5 too high 13 Mobile Address Bar Colorize 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 5 too high 14 Brozzme Colorize Bar 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 5 too high 15 Divi Socials 70+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #16 1 too low 16 S Syntax Highlighter with PrismJS — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 Tools for color variations. — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 2 too high 18 P Post Bookmarks 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 5 too low 19 Widget Customizer for WordPress – Free Version 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 20 Solarized Admin Color Scheme 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 21 Wp Blended photos 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 22 Q Qstomizer 10+ · 3.5★ (2) wp.org #22 23 News, Magazine and Blog Elements 50+ · 2.5★ (4) wp.org #18 5 too high 24 Style Manager 500+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #12 12 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.