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

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 “evenement”, 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

Events Calendar, Tickets & Registration with QR Check-in shows at wp.org #13 but places #17 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 HelloAsso 4K+ · 3.6★ (5) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 Login Armor 600+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Securicheck – Audit et Sécurité WordPress 60+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #2 ↓1 1 too high 4 HelloAsso Payments for WooCommerce 300+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #4 5 myEasyCompta – Invoicing, Accounting & Quotes Plugin for WordPress 20+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #17 12 too low 6 Carta Online 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 7 Easy Custom Event Tickets 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 S SOWPROG import The Events Calendar 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 9 C Champis.net — · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 Kulturae Agenda – Agenda d'événements culturels — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 Rudy’IA — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 PrivacyTech CMP — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 1 too high 13 Filter Bar Custom Post Type — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 Prebooking Event Schedule — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 15 ncdLabs Assure – Security & Compliance Scanner — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 16 Pay4All for Stripe – For WooCommerce & Pay4All Shop 90+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 Events Calendar, Tickets & Registration with QR Check-in — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 4 too high 18 GPSem.io 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 Amaso AI – GEO & AI Search Visibility — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 BimBeau Privacy Analytics — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 1 too high 21 S SOWPROG import Events Manager Pro — · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #21

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.