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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “customize rings”

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 “customize rings”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 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 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

WBD Progress Bar For Gutenberg shows at wp.org #7 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 200+ 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.

Buried gem

SureCart – Ecommerce Made Easy For Selling Physical Products, Digital Downloads, Subscriptions, Donations, & Payments places #10 on merit, 4.8★ from 288 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 3CX Free Live Chat, Calls & Messaging 100K+ · 4.6★ (820) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 Starter Templates: AI-Powered Website Templates for Elementor & Gutenberg 1M+ · 4.9★ (4755) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 Rich Showcase for Google Reviews 100K+ · 4.9★ (1623) wp.org #5 ↑2 2 too low 4 WP Call Button – Easy Click to Call Button for WordPress 40K+ · 4.7★ (69) wp.org #4 ↑1 5 Simple Scroll To Top WP 1K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #3 ↑1 2 too high 6 WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block 50K+ · 4.3★ (51) wp.org #6 7 NextMove Lite – Thank You Page for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (150) wp.org #19 ↓1 12 too low 8 Five Star Restaurant Menu and Food Ordering 5K+ · 4.6★ (107) wp.org #12 4 too low 9 Prime Slider – Hero Slider, Carousel, WooCommerce & Post Slider Elementor Addons 100K+ · 4.5★ (82) wp.org #17 ↑2 8 too low 10 SureCart – Ecommerce Made Easy For Selling Physical Products, Digital Downloads, Subscriptions, Donations, & Payments 80K+ · 4.8★ (288) wp.org #24 14 too low 11 Event Countdown for The Events Calendar 3K+ · 4.6★ (48) wp.org #11 12 Counters Block – Animated Number Counters, Stats & Dynamic KPIs 3K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #9 3 too high 13 Product Badge, Label, Countdown Timer for WooCommerce – Sale Booster 5K+ · 4.8★ (30) wp.org #14 ↓1 1 too low 14 Darkify – Dark Mode & Night Mode for Website & Admin (Dark Theme Included) 1K+ · 4.7★ (27) wp.org #20 ↑3 6 too low 15 Zoho SalesIQ – Live chat, chatbots, and visitor tracking 10K+ · 4.1★ (7) wp.org #8 7 too high 16 Ultimate FAQ Solution 600+ · 4.9★ (9) wp.org #16 17 Gold Price Based on Weight 300+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #18 ↓1 1 too low 18 Marvy – Background Animations for Elementor 4K+ · 4.0★ (7) wp.org #10 8 too high 19 MW Messenger Button 20+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #15 ↓1 4 too high 20 WBD Progress Bar For Gutenberg 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 ↑2 13 too high 21 Mortar for Bricks Builder 300+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #23 ↓1 2 too low 22 Blockenberg — 645 Advanced Gutenberg Blocks, 683 Templates and AI Agent for WordPress Block Editor 1K+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #22 ↓1 23 Section Collection – Add Ready-made Sections to Design Modern Websites 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 10 too high 24 Engraver – Personalize and Customize WooCommerce Products — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↓1 3 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.