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

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 “dialer”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 3 of the top 17.

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

Sticky Social Icons shows at wp.org #10 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 10+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Advanced Form Integration — Connect Forms to 300+ Apps places #2 on merit, 4.8★ from 91 reviews, but shows at wp.org #8. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Slash Admin 500+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Advanced Form Integration — Connect Forms to 300+ Apps 9K+ · 4.8★ (91) wp.org #8 ↓1 6 too low 3 VW Floating Chat 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 UnoDock – Mobile Bottom Navigation 700+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #7 ↓1 3 too low 5 TM Floating Multi-Chat Buttons 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 Dazzlebirds Smart QR Manager — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 SolarDialer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Kotivon Call to Action — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 ↓1 2 too high 9 Hi-Deas Website Dialer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 10 S SWD Tap to Call Tracker — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 1 too low 11 FunnelFLARE 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓2 1 too low 12 TriggerVox – AI Chatbot Plugin for WordPress – Live Chat, Voice Assistant, AI Assistant, Text Chat — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 1 too low 13 Call Talk Widget — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 2 too low 14 SWELLEnterprise — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 15 ShapeBlock – Powerful Gutenberg Blocks to Build Better Websites Faster — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 1 too low 16 Overtok Call Conversion 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓2 1 too low 17 Sticky Social Icons 10+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #10 ↓1 7 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.