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

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 “converse”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 2 of the top 17. 2 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Payment Gateway for Converse Bank 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #1 2 PlanetStudio Payment Gateway 80+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 3 Pipeline.so Connect 10+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #13 ↓2 10 too low 4 AskAny – AI Chatbot with RAG, Live Agent and Order Tracking 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Vitxi Converse – Intelligent AI chatbot for Social Media — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 ConverseJS 10+ · 3.6★ (5) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 Celsian AI Chatbot — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 EdenPersona for WooCommerce – Customer Insights & Analytics — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 3 too high 9 Sóc de Poble. Portal de Pobles Connectats — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 AIutoma – The AIO Autonomous AI Assistant — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 Evosolve Marketing Studio — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 Nextiva 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓3 1 too high 13 First 8 Marketing CRM Analytics — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓2 1 too high 14 AddToChat – AI Sales Assistant — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓2 1 too low 15 Conversation via ChatGPT 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓2 1 too high 16 DigitalBrains Payment Gateway for Paynet.am — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓2 17 C ConverseJS for WordPress — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓2

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.