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

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 “compounding”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 2 of the top 19.

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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Responsive Mortgage Calculator 7K+ · 4.4★ (21) wp.org #1 2 Seekmodo Search — · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #3 ↑1 1 too low 3 Genolve – AI Business Graphics, Images & Video 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #2 ↑1 1 too high 4 Photo Gallery Slideshow & Masonry Tiled Gallery 1K+ · 3.9★ (8) wp.org #9 5 too low 5 M Mapletools Canadian Mortgage Calculators — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 6 Anacoder Calculators – 20+ Responsive Calculators & Embed Suite — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 ↑1 2 too high 7 HisabCalc – Loan, Zakat, BMI & Age Calculators — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 ↑1 1 too high 8 Modular Finance Calculators by M92 — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↓1 1 too high 9 Scriberry — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 I Investment Calculator 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 11 DadsFam Login Security 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 12 C CheckoutLoom – Checkout Fields & Product Options for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 13 NibbleSecure – Hide Login, Limit Login Attempts & Brute Force Shield — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too low 14 C Caidance — AI-Readiness Score — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 1 too low 15 Sakurato Crypto Portfolio Tracker — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↑1 1 too low 16 Refoundry Blocks — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 3 too high 17 SEOMedic Simple Grammar Checker — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 18 Kwiro — AI Sales Agent & Chatbot for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 R Responsive Investment Calculator 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19

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.