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

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 “endnotes”, we agree with wp.org 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.

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Ranked above its merit

WP Print Friendly shows at wp.org #13 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 500+ 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 M Mammoth .docx converter 20K+ · 4.8★ (62) wp.org #1 2 Seraphinite Post .DOCX Source 800+ · 4.6★ (45) wp.org #3 ↑1 1 too low 3 Blank Footnotes 300+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Print My Blog – Print, PDF, & eBook Converter WordPress Plugin 8K+ · 4.8★ (115) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 Docxpresso 2K+ · 4.7★ (31) wp.org #15 10 too low 6 CM Footnotes – Boost your content’s credibility with footnotes, citations, and bibliography 100+ · 4.2★ (6) wp.org #4 ↓1 2 too high 7 Simple Ebook Viewer 400+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #8 ↓3 1 too low 8 Footnotes & Content 100+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 Inline Context – Footnotes, Tooltips & Glossary Notes 40+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #5 ↑9 4 too high 10 S Simple Footnotes 600+ · 4.7★ (15) wp.org #21 11 too low 11 F FD Footnotes Plugin 1K+ · 4.5★ (21) wp.org #20 9 too low 12 E Endnotes 100+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #17 5 too low 13 Footnotation 100+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #18 5 too low 14 Reference Manager for WordPress with Footnotes, Citations, Bibliographies, Tooltips and Glossary 60+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 ↓1 5 too high 15 A.N.R.GHG Publishing Toolkit 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 5 too high 16 Serapeum Multi-Catalog Bibliographic Search — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓1 5 too high 17 Borges Bibliography Builder — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓1 5 too high 18 Citrus 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 2 too high 19 Advanced Custom Fields: Button Field 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↓1 5 too high 20 W WP Print Friendly 500+ · 3.5★ (2) wp.org #13 ↓1 7 too high 21 F Footnotes for WordPress 100+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #19 2 too high 22 S Simple Footnotes Editor Button 10+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #22

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.