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

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 “cui”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 of the top 20. 3 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 it throws errors on current PHP, whether the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Project Adv Inserter shows at wp.org #15 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 10+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 F Facturare WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.9★ (54) wp.org #1 2 ANAC XML Bandi di Gara 500+ · 4.9★ (17) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 ANAC XML Viewer 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 PDF Invoices Italian Add-on for WooCommerce 4K+ · 4.6★ (16) wp.org #4 5 Ficoo – Fatture in Cloud per WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 Sync for Nexus ERP and WC — · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #13 7 too low 7 Amministrazione Trasparente 1K+ · 4.9★ (25) wp.org #23 16 too low 8 Romanian billing fields 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #5 3 too high 9 Webzone Config Notes 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 10 Firmeinfo.ro for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 11 MaxDev Facturare cu ANAF for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 12 Oct8ne 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 13 MailUp for WordPress – Email and Newsletter Subscription Form 2K+ · 2.7★ (3) wp.org #6 7 too high 14 Fastcache by Host.it 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #22 8 too low 15 GEL Proximity | Aggregatore Punti di Ritiro e Locker 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 7 too high 16 FGSync for Oblio 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 Vatigo – EU VAT & UID Validator for Contact Form 7, WPForms & Fluent Forms — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 18 Feed per Trovaprezzi — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 Fatturazione Elettronica WooCommerce veloce e automatica – fatture.help 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 5 too high 20 Slope Widgets 400+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too high 21 R RomCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 DN Shopping discounts 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 1 too high 23 Project Adv Inserter 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 8 too high 24 Actionwear products sync 50+ · 5.0★ (1) 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.