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

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 “coral”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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

Olena Food – Online Ordering for Food Trucks & Restaurants shows at wp.org #10 but places #15 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its — 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 RPB Chessboard 1K+ · 4.8★ (20) wp.org #1 2 Prime Slider – Hero Slider, Carousel, WooCommerce & Post Slider Elementor Addons 100K+ · 4.5★ (82) wp.org #2 3 Neurogenesis Styler – Block Editor Typography, Spacing & Design Controls 20+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 LMSCrafter Gradient Text for Elementor 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Importify – AI Dropshipping for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.5★ (27) wp.org #19 14 too low 6 Intellinez Teams View for Elementor — · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #6 7 Giuliomax Menu Builder 20+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #22 15 too low 8 Blue Coral Popup — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 3 too high 9 Blue Coral – Site Audit, Performance, Admin Toolkit — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 KBucket: Your Curated Content in WordPress 10+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #23 ↓1 13 too low 11 SDAweb Calendar Sync for Google Calendar 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 3 too high 12 TIW Dashboard – Admin customizer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 3 too high 13 Pin CTA 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 Mostify — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 2 too high 15 Olena Food – Online Ordering for Food Trucks & Restaurants — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 5 too high 16 Saito Calendar Event — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 3 too high 17 ShareNivo – Fast Social Sharing — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 3 too high 18 Parlato – AI Podcast Generator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 3 too high 19 Mega Backing — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 3 too high 20 MultiContact Buttons — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 3 too high 21 Brigade Blocks Addons — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 3 too high 22 Sentio Widgets for Elementor 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 1 too high 23 Hedwig Envíos for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1 1 too low 24 AICOM – AI Commander 60+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↑1 4 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.