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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “driving school”

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 “driving school”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 2 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

Cliq Store Locator shows at wp.org #14 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its — 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 Easy Appointment Booking & Scheduling Plugin – Webba Booking Calendar 2K+ · 4.9★ (159) wp.org #1 2 Agile Store Locator 10K+ · 4.9★ (59) wp.org #5 3 too low 3 Easy!Appointments 500+ · 4.4★ (5) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Booktics – Appointment Booking Calendar for Service Businesses 700+ · 4.2★ (13) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 LucrativeIT Driving School Management System — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 P Planyo online reservation system 400+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 Online Booking & Appointment Scheduling – Vigore — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 eDrive Site — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 Myra — AI Chat Widget with Appointment Booking & Lead Capture — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 1 too low 10 Anolla – Appointment Scheduling and Booking Software 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 1 too low 11 Sell Ads – Sell your ad space. Without middleman. 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 E E-Challan Check Punjab – PSCA — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 13 Playard — Sports Facility Booking System for Courts, Fields, Pitches, Venues and More 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↑2 14 Terminy – Appointment Booking Calendar & Staff Scheduling — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 1 too low 15 ReservePro Booking Widgets — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 1 too low 16 Quizpio – Live Multiplayer Quizzes, Polls & Trivia 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 1 too low 17 Gobbert Countdown Timer, Urgency Bars & Pricing Tables — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too low 18 Cliq Store Locator — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↓1 4 too high 19 C Creativ Demo Importer 2K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 20 D Dation Woocommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↑1 21 P Planyo online reservations – WooCommerce integration 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓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.