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

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 “couleur”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 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

Andy, Votre Assistant Intelligent shows at wp.org #7 but places #13 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 10+ 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 Editor Custom Color Palette 90+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #1 2 jobs_that_makesense 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 3 Opinion System note & avis Demo 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 4 P PayGreen Payment Gateway 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 5 iCalendrier 700+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #18 13 too low 6 SmartAgenda – Prise de rendez-vous en ligne 300+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #19 13 too low 7 Sirdata CMP 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Formdev 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 Cyberpret – Calculettes 500+ · 4.2★ (6) wp.org #21 12 too low 10 myEasyCompta – Invoicing, Accounting & Quotes Plugin for WordPress 20+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #22 12 too low 11 Le Quiz 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 3 too high 12 JobPass 20+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #20 8 too low 13 Andy, Votre Assistant Intelligent 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 6 too high 14 Trouverunemesse — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 4 too high 15 C Champis.net — · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #9 6 too high 16 Filter Bar Custom Post Type — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 5 too high 17 Kulturae Agenda – Agenda d'événements culturels — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 5 too high 18 Widget Programme TV ce soir 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 5 too high 19 D Dashboard Graphs for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 5 too high 20 C Change SVG Colors — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 5 too high 21 D Dashboard Graphs for Contact Form 7 — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 5 too high 22 FeedRobin Product Feed for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 5 too high 23 Guest Suite 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 24 Slider Galerie Native Responsive 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24

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.