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

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 “emission”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 5 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

Shipping Guard – Advanced Shipping Suite, Weight Based Shipping, Zero Emission & Protection shows at wp.org #7 but places #13 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its — installs carry it up the search order; its 3.5★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WebP Express 300K+ · 4.4★ (162) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Gelato Integration for WooCommerce 5K+ · 3.3★ (12) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 WP DPE-GES 600+ · 4.9★ (8) wp.org #6 ↑1 3 too low 4 Markdown for Agents and Statistics 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 EuroStocks 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #5 ↑1 6 ImmoWP Diagnostic DPE GES 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 P PayGreen Payment Gateway 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 Deny All Firewall 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 1 too low 9 Carbonfooter 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓1 2 too low 10 Lazy Embed 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #17 ↓1 7 too low 11 Gobuddy – The smart delivery solution 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 ↓1 1 too high 12 Website Carbon Calculator 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 1 too low 13 Shipping Guard – Advanced Shipping Suite, Weight Based Shipping, Zero Emission & Protection — · 3.5★ (2) wp.org #7 ↓2 6 too high 14 Merchr Print on Demand UK 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 15 Ravioli for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 16 PressPrimer Assignment – Homework Submission, Document Viewer & LMS Grading Workflows 60+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 ↓1 4 too high 17 carbon.txt, DIST Schema & CSRD Reports for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 1 too high 18 GreenTrace Carbon Rating Badge and Reports — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 1 too low 19 Australcode Facturación Electrónica SII & Stock for Bsale — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too low 20 FactuPress – Duplicate Orders for PDF Invoices — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 1 too low 21 GreenAudit — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too low 22 RE-ZIP Packaging for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 1 too low 23 ProRank SEO 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 ↓1 5 too high 24 Vaglio Asserzioni Ambientali — · 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.