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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “date format”

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 “date format”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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

Nepali Date Utilities shows at wp.org #9 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.7★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Enable Media Replace places #11 on merit, 4.4★ from 302 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 WP Date and Time Shortcode 10K+ · 4.9★ (31) wp.org #1 2 Parsi Date | بسته فارسی ساز وردپرس و ووکامرس پارسی دیت 100K+ · 4.6★ (130) wp.org #2 3 Shortcode for Current Date 10K+ · 5.0★ (116) wp.org #8 ↓4 5 too low 4 Order Delivery Date for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.3★ (61) wp.org #6 ↑2 2 too low 5 Order Delivery Date And Time 1K+ · 4.6★ (19) wp.org #4 ↑1 1 too high 6 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322) wp.org #18 ↑3 12 too low 7 WPC Estimated Delivery Date for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.0★ (9) wp.org #3 4 too high 8 Delivery & Pickup Date Time for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (282) wp.org #17 ↑5 9 too low 9 WP Hebrew Date 600+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 PI Delivery & Pickup Date Time for WooCommerce 400+ · 4.8★ (90) wp.org #20 ↓2 10 too low 11 Enable Media Replace 600K+ · 4.4★ (302) wp.org #24 ↓12 13 too low 12 Date Picker For Contact Form 7 4K+ · 3.9★ (7) wp.org #5 ↑1 7 too high 13 Estimated delivery date per product for WooCommerce 300+ · 4.3★ (83) wp.org #22 ↓2 9 too low 14 Availability Datepicker – Booking Calendar for Contact Form 7 – Input WP 10K+ · 4.1★ (42) wp.org #21 ↓4 7 too low 15 Date Time Picker for Contact Form 7 20K+ · 3.3★ (21) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 Users Registration Date – Sortable Users Column 3K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #13 3 too high 17 First payment date for WooCommerce Subscriptions 400+ · 4.7★ (10) wp.org #16 1 too high 18 Nepali Date Converter 800+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #10 8 too high 19 Advanced Datepicker – Restrict Date for Elementor Forms 800+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #11 ↓2 8 too high 20 WP Last Login 10K+ · 3.8★ (26) wp.org #23 3 too low 21 Nepali Date Utilities 1K+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #9 12 too high 22 Product Delivery Date for WooCommerce – Lite 1K+ · 4.1★ (13) wp.org #19 3 too high 23 Date Time Picker for WPForms 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 ↓1 11 too high 24 Date Today Nepali 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 9 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.