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

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 “dansk”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 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 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

Edit Usernames shows at wp.org #14 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 70+ 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 Table Field Add-on for ACF and SCF 50K+ · 4.9★ (60) wp.org #1 2 SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager 10K+ · 4.7★ (369) wp.org #2 3 Accessibility Widget by OneTap – Easy One-Click Accessibility Toolbar 60K+ · 4.9★ (80) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 Booking Package 10K+ · 4.0★ (15) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Product Bundle Builder for WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.8★ (61) wp.org #8 ↓2 3 too low 6 Send Emails with Mandrill 6K+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #7 ↑1 1 too low 7 Protect the Children! 1K+ · 4.9★ (15) wp.org #9 2 too low 8 wp-forecast 4K+ · 4.2★ (23) wp.org #11 ↑1 3 too low 9 Expire User Passwords 3K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #4 ↑3 5 too high 10 Bible Verse of the Day 3K+ · 4.9★ (11) wp.org #10 11 iCalendrier 700+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #6 ↓2 5 too high 12 WP Club Manager – WordPress Sports Club Plugin 600+ · 4.7★ (40) wp.org #13 ↑1 1 too low 13 RumbleTalk Group Chat for Communities & Live Events 600+ · 3.4★ (21) wp.org #17 4 too low 14 Reseller Store 1K+ · 3.7★ (10) wp.org #12 ↑1 2 too high 15 Real Accessibility: Accessibility Widget & Toolbar 1K+ · 4.9★ (7) wp.org #16 1 too low 16 BulkGate SMS Plugin for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.1★ (12) wp.org #19 3 too low 17 Blocks Product Editor for WooCommerce 80+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #20 ↓9 3 too low 18 Web accessibility widget by tabnav 300+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #18 19 Accessibility Assistant – EAA ADA WCAG AODA 100+ · 4.3★ (9) wp.org #24 5 too low 20 AI Content Creator – Easy ChatGPT powered article generator 400+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 5 too high 21 Edit Usernames 70+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↑6 7 too high 22 IP2Location Widget 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↑1 1 too high 23 Kommunicate – AI Agents and Live Chat for Customer Support 60+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 ↑1 1 too high 24 One-Off Emails for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 1 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.