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

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 “estimator”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 3 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

Media Purge – Unused Media Cleaner & Duplicate Finder shows at wp.org #11 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its 60+ 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 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2144) wp.org #1 2 Stylish Cost Calculator – Quote Generator, Lead Gen & Price Estimator 1K+ · 4.8★ (175) wp.org #2 3 Cost Calculator Builder 20K+ · 4.5★ (393) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 SureForms – Contact Form Builder, AI Forms, Payment Form, Survey & Quiz 500K+ · 4.8★ (102) wp.org #4 ↓1 5 Responsive Mortgage Calculator 7K+ · 4.4★ (21) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 Calculation for contact form 7 1K+ · 4.5★ (22) wp.org #6 ↓2 7 Zigaform – Price Calculator & Cost Estimation Form Builder Lite 100+ · 4.6★ (23) wp.org #18 ↑1 11 too low 8 G Graceful Extra 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↑1 9 Cart2Cart Universal Migration App 200+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #22 ↓2 13 too low 10 Kitchentra Estimator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 1 too high 11 Smart Forms & Calculators By Embed Sheets 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 ↓1 4 too high 12 Parcel Cost Estimator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 2 too high 13 T Tlabe Reading Time Estimator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓1 1 too high 14 Lead Generation Form – Form Builder, Contact Form, Survey & Inquiry Forms 600+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓6 1 too high 15 Bitbinders Relocation Quote Estimator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓2 1 too high 16 Media Purge – Unused Media Cleaner & Duplicate Finder 60+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↑7 5 too high 17 Cart Shipping Estimator for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓2 2 too high 18 SlopeQuill Roof Area Estimator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓2 2 too high 19 Obix Cost Segregation Estimator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 2 too high 20 Eezz FX Payout Estimator for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓2 1 too high 21 DevMerx Delivery Date Estimator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓4 1 too high 22 Modeway Shipping Delivery Estimator — Estimated WooCommerce Delivery Dates — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓6 1 too high 23 Smart Pregnancy Calculator Suite 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓2 24 Contact Form Extender for Divi – Submissions DB & Extra Fields 600+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #24 ↓2

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.