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

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 “eos”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 of the top 20. 3 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.

Ranked above its merit

Sitebix to EmailOctopus shows at wp.org #11 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its — installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Hummingbird Performance – Cache & Page Speed Optimization for Core Web Vitals | Critical CSS | Minify CSS | Defer CSS Javascript | CDN places #3 on merit, 4.7★ from 1488 reviews, but shows at wp.org #13. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 FG Joomla to WordPress 7K+ · 4.7★ (336) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 EO Blocks 30+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Hummingbird Performance – Cache & Page Speed Optimization for Core Web Vitals | Critical CSS | Minify CSS | Defer CSS Javascript | CDN 70K+ · 4.7★ (1488) wp.org #13 10 too low 4 Cryptocurrency Widgets Pack 600+ · 4.8★ (28) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Cryptocurrency Widgets – Price Ticker & Coins List 6K+ · 4.8★ (191) wp.org #14 9 too low 6 NOWPayments for WooCommerce – Crypto Payment Gateway 3K+ · 4.1★ (16) wp.org #3 3 too high 7 Administrator Z 300+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #4 3 too high 8 WordProof Timestamp 200+ · 4.2★ (15) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 Event Organiser 20K+ · 4.6★ (140) wp.org #16 7 too low 10 All Currencies for WooCommerce 900+ · 3.8★ (9) wp.org #6 4 too high 11 MyCryptoCheckout – Bitcoin, Ethereum, and 100+ altcoins for WooCommerce 8K+ · 4.3★ (49) wp.org #15 4 too low 12 B Better REST API Featured Images 2K+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #23 11 too low 13 Nomiddleman Bitcoin and Crypto Payments for WooCommerce 100+ · 3.5★ (18) wp.org #18 5 too low 14 E Event Organiser Posterboard 1K+ · 4.0★ (11) wp.org #20 6 too low 15 PayKassa for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 7 too high 16 FG Recent plugins — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 7 too high 17 Aludra — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 7 too high 18 Podlove Subscribe button 2K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #17 1 too high 19 Sitebix to EmailOctopus — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 8 too high 20 HAQ Event Organizer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 8 too high 21 Coinpaprika 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #21 22 Digirisk 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #22 23 Cryptocoin Live Ticker 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 B Bitvolo trustless crypto payment gateway for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) 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.