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

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 “dialogues”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 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

AudiencePlayer shows at wp.org #13 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its 10+ 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 Chat Button & Custom ChatGPT-Powered Bot by GetButton.io 20K+ · 4.5★ (175) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Pay with Vipps and MobilePay for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.8★ (13) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Brave – Create Popup, Optins, Lead Generation, Survey, Sticky Elements & Interactive Content 20K+ · 4.8★ (209) wp.org #3 4 Trusty Whistleblowing Solution 400+ · 5.0★ (15) wp.org #4 5 AI Bud – AI Content Generator, AI Chatbot, ChatGPT, Gemini, GPT-4o 2K+ · 4.5★ (23) wp.org #5 6 Orderable – Restaurant & Food Ordering System 5K+ · 4.6★ (40) wp.org #8 2 too low 7 HelpCrunch – Live Chat, Chatbot & Knowledge Base for Customer Service 2K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #7 8 Simple Shipping Labels for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #9 1 too low 9 Guaranteed Reviews Company (Société des Avis Garantis) 900+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 Umnico Live Chat 20+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #18 8 too low 11 Limb AI Chatbot 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 Limit Comments and Word Count 40+ · 4.4★ (9) wp.org #17 5 too low 13 Assistini – WP AI Text Writer, Content Generator, Auto Image Generator and SEO Optimizer with ChatGPT 70+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 Podlove Subscribe button 2K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 1 too low 15 AlitaYoko Conversations 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 Opinionnaire® Survey analysis and Fast Forum® reports 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 4 too high 17 Dialogue for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 1 too high 18 AudiencePlayer 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 5 too high 19 LoryBot | Advanced AI Chatbot 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 Asklivio – Livio Chat Assistant — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 1 too low 21 W Wisper — Live Chat via Telegram — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 1 too low 22 HaggleChimp – Price Bargaining Bot — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 Chitta Behavioral AI Chatbot — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Agentic Bridge — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 5 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.