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

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 “comming”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 of the top 20. 5 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Envo's Templates & Widgets for Elementor and WooCommerce shows at wp.org #4 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 19 places. Its 9K+ 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

ReCaptcha Integration for WordPress places #7 on merit, 4.4★ from 95 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 Image Picker For Gravity Forms 1K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #1 2 S Swifty Bar, sticky bar by WPGens 400+ · 5.0★ (48) wp.org #11 ↑1 9 too low 3 Plugins Garbage Collector (Database Cleanup) 10K+ · 4.4★ (92) wp.org #14 ↑2 11 too low 4 Bradmax Player 1K+ · 4.3★ (11) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Essential Classy Addons for Elementor – 150+ Widgets, Templates & Performance Tools 400+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Schema – All In One Schema Rich Snippets 30K+ · 4.0★ (162) wp.org #18 ↑1 12 too low 7 ReCaptcha Integration for WordPress 9K+ · 4.4★ (95) wp.org #24 17 too low 8 S Stop Comment Spam 300+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 Advanced Chart for Elementor 80+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 7 too high 10 Maika Genius — AI Content & Chatbot with ChatGPT and Gemini for WooCommerce 20+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 Master Accordion ( Former WP Awesome FAQ Plugin ) 700+ · 2.9★ (29) wp.org #16 ↑1 5 too low 12 O OAuth client Single Sign On for WordPress ( OAuth 2.0 SSO ) 200+ · 4.1★ (8) wp.org #20 ↑1 8 too low 13 Multi-Carrier Shippo Shipping Rates & Address Validation for WooCommerce 3K+ · 3.8★ (11) wp.org #23 ↑1 10 too low 14 Better Addons for Elementor 4K+ · 3.0★ (3) wp.org #3 11 too high 15 R Really Simple Calendar 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 6 too high 16 Bulk Edit for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↑1 4 too high 17 Under Construction Light 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 7 too high 18 Xero Addons for Elementor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↑1 1 too high 19 TomS reCAPTCHA 500+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 ↑1 6 too high 20 U Unik – Ultimate Pricing Table 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↑1 1 too high 21 Name: Amazing Neo Brands 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 6 too high 22 Robust User Search 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↑1 1 too high 23 Envo's Templates & Widgets for Elementor and WooCommerce 9K+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #4 19 too high 24 W WP Portfolio Gallery 10+ · 3.0★ (1) wp.org #22 ↑1 2 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.