wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “comment form tinymce”
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 “comment form tinymce”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 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
MRW Simplified Editor shows at wp.org #12 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 4 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.
Black Studio TinyMCE Widget 200K+ · 4.8★ (191)
wp.org #1 2 
Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads 300K+ · 4.9★ (2433)
wp.org #4 ↑1 2 too low 3 
Parsi Date | بسته فارسی ساز وردپرس و ووکامرس پارسی دیت 100K+ · 4.6★ (130)
wp.org #3 4 
Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields 100K+ · 4.8★ (418)
wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too low 5 
Download Manager 90K+ · 4.1★ (1006)
wp.org #6 1 too low 6 
Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) 2M+ · 4.5★ (1440)
wp.org #7 ↑3 1 too low 7 
Comment Form Editor with TinyMCE 80+ · 5.0★ (5) thin reviews
wp.org #2 5 too high 8 
CMB2 300K+ · 5.0★ (91)
wp.org #9 1 too low 9 
Code Snippets 1M+ · 4.7★ (510)
wp.org #10 ↓2 1 too low 10 
AddQuicktag 100K+ · 4.7★ (44)
wp.org #8 ↓1 2 too high 11 
Enlighter – Customizable Syntax Highlighter 10K+ · 4.8★ (65)
wp.org #11 12 
Forms for Mailchimp by Optin Cat – Grow Your MailChimp List 2K+ · 4.4★ (77)
wp.org #13 ↑1 1 too low 13 
Clean Login 5K+ · 4.7★ (144)
wp.org #19 ↑1 6 too low 14 
WP EXtra – One Click Optimize 6K+ · 4.9★ (41)
wp.org #14 ↓1 15 
Secure Custom Fields 100K+ · 4.8★ (69)
wp.org #17 2 too low 16 
WP-Polls 40K+ · 4.2★ (136)
wp.org #20 ↓1 4 too low 17 
Advanced Classifieds & Directory Pro 2K+ · 4.7★ (96)
wp.org #21 4 too low 18 B BuddyPress Docs 6K+ · 4.4★ (35)
wp.org #16 2 too high 19 
Markup Markdown 1K+ · 5.0★ (11) thin reviews
wp.org #15 4 too high 20 
wp-Monalisa 600+ · 4.8★ (25)
wp.org #24 4 too low 21 
CodeColorer 1K+ · 4.9★ (11) thin reviews
wp.org #22 1 too low 22 MRW Simplified Editor 100+ · 5.0★ (4) thin reviews
wp.org #12 10 too high 23 
تقویم فارسی – Persian Calendar 3K+ · 5.0★ (8) thin reviews
wp.org #23 24 M Multilang Contact Form 50+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews
wp.org #18 6 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.