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

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 “diagram”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 4 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

Scrollchart shows at wp.org #7 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 100+ 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

Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking places #8 on merit, 4.3★ from 62 reviews, but shows at wp.org #15. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 EmbedPress 100K+ · 4.8★ (307) wp.org #2 ↑2 1 too low 2 Quiz Maker by AYS 20K+ · 4.9★ (601) wp.org #5 ↑3 3 too low 3 Statify – Extended Evaluation 20K+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 RPB Chessboard 1K+ · 4.8★ (20) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Chartify – WordPress Chart Plugin 3K+ · 4.9★ (28) wp.org #4 ↓2 1 too high 6 Popup Box – Create Countdown, Coupon, Video, Contact Form Popups 50K+ · 4.6★ (82) wp.org #10 4 too low 7 LinkBoss – Semantic AI Internal Linking 2K+ · 4.8★ (17) wp.org #9 2 too low 8 Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking 20K+ · 4.3★ (62) wp.org #15 ↑1 7 too low 9 Posts and Users Stats 600+ · 4.5★ (4) wp.org #6 ↓1 3 too high 10 Xpro Addons — 150+ Widgets for Elementor 40K+ · 4.4★ (28) wp.org #22 ↑1 12 too low 11 Vision – Interactive Image Map with Hotspots Builder 2K+ · 4.9★ (9) wp.org #17 6 too low 12 Data Diagrams: Visual Chart Editor for WordPress 10+ · 4.8★ (4) wp.org #13 1 too low 13 Timeline Blocks 400+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 Blockenberg — 645 Advanced Gutenberg Blocks, 683 Templates and AI Agent for WordPress Block Editor 1K+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #11 3 too high 15 MerPress 1K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #19 4 too low 16 PicPoints – Interactive Image Map & Hotspot Builder 70+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #18 ↑2 2 too low 17 NinjaDraw – Diagram, Flowchart, Mind Map & Sketching Tool 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↓1 9 too high 18 GutenDraw – Visualize Ideas with Excalidraw 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 4 too high 19 Scrollchart 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 ↓1 12 too high 20 Forms with chart from VAB 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #21 ↓2 1 too low 21 HappyVR – Virtual Tour Builder & 360 Panorama Viewer 70+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #23 2 too low 22 CanaryBlue Diagrams for Mermaid 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 2 too high 23 W WP Sudoku Plus 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↓1 7 too high 24 Code Block – share beautiful code snippets readers can copy 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1

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.