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

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 “comic”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 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

My Reads – a virtual bookshelf for tracking and reviewing your reads shows at wp.org #6 but places #13 on merit, a gap of 7 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 Toocheke Companion 1K+ · 4.6★ (7) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 Easy Watermark 30K+ · 3.7★ (159) wp.org #5 3 too low 3 Issues and Series for Newspapers, Magazines, Publishers, Writers 2K+ · 4.5★ (72) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Manga+Press Comic Manager 100+ · 4.4★ (5) wp.org #2 ↓1 2 too high 5 Word Balloon 10K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 GeeK! – Movie & Game Database 70+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #10 4 too low 7 Simple Ebook Viewer 400+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #7 8 WP2LEADS | WordPress und KlickTipp einfach verbinden – WooCommerce und KlickTipp einfach verbinden 80+ · 4.8★ (13) wp.org #18 10 too low 9 MW Font Changer 7K+ · 4.3★ (30) wp.org #22 13 too low 10 Sticky Copy Button for Code Blocks 60+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 OXP Breaking News Ticker 50+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #15 4 too low 12 Next Watermark 200+ · 3.4★ (11) wp.org #13 1 too low 13 My Reads – a virtual bookshelf for tracking and reviewing your reads 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 7 too high 14 Comic Collector — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 6 too high 15 J Jhon990 Download Cards & Comic Reader — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 3 too high 16 XKCD Embed 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 AI Featured image 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 6 too high 18 J JTZL's SwipeComic 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↑1 2 too high 19 MangaVisor – Simple Comic Reader — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 2 too high 20 Web-Safe Fonts for Editor by RotiStudio — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too high 21 MugenCodex Chapter Coins Paywall — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 Pulp Gallery — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 1 too high 23 WebBiz Toolkit — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 24 Sangar Studio Access Flow — · 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.