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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “event invitations”

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 “event invitations”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 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

Block for Mailchimp – grow your email list with signup forms shows at wp.org #5 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 2K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.7★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Sunshine Photo Cart – Client Photo Gallery & Photo Proofing for Photographers places #10 on merit, 4.7★ from 138 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Customer Reviews for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.8★ (1539) wp.org #1 2 WP-Members Membership Plugin 50K+ · 4.6★ (272) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 New User Approve 20K+ · 4.3★ (131) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 User Registration & Membership – Free & Paid Memberships, Subscriptions, Content Restriction, User Profile, Custom User Registration & Login Builder 50K+ · 4.8★ (832) wp.org #11 7 too low 5 Mail Mint – Email Marketing, Automation & WooCommerce Emails with AI Assistance 4K+ · 4.7★ (125) wp.org #10 ↑5 5 too low 6 WP BASE Booking of Appointments, Services and Events 100+ · 4.9★ (34) wp.org #9 3 too low 7 MoreConvert Wishlist for WooCommerce 8K+ · 4.9★ (120) wp.org #14 7 too low 8 Sucuri Security – Auditing, Malware Scanner and Security Hardening 600K+ · 4.2★ (386) wp.org #15 ↓2 7 too low 9 RSVPMaker 200+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #6 ↓1 3 too high 10 Sunshine Photo Cart – Client Photo Gallery & Photo Proofing for Photographers 1K+ · 4.7★ (138) wp.org #21 ↑1 11 too low 11 Push Notification for Post and BuddyPress 200+ · 4.7★ (24) wp.org #22 ↑1 11 too low 12 Zenbit Invitation Builder 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 10 too high 13 Milo Subscriptions – Subscriptions for WooCommerce and Recurring Payments 200+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #18 5 too low 14 Merchant Center Reviews for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #7 7 too high 15 File Uploads Addon for WooCommerce 4K+ · 3.7★ (27) wp.org #20 5 too low 16 Block for Mailchimp – grow your email list with signup forms 2K+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #5 ↑1 11 too high 17 LocalForm – Form Builder for Contact Forms, Surveys & Event Registration 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 9 too high 18 Tournamatch 100+ · 4.3★ (7) wp.org #17 1 too high 19 WP Forms Signature Contract Add-On 800+ · 4.4★ (5) wp.org #16 3 too high 20 Geeky Bot – AI Chatbot & Sales Assistant for WooCommerce 6K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #19 1 too high 21 Gravatar Enhanced – Avatars, Profiles, and Privacy 100K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #24 3 too low 22 A ARIWEB Event Invitations & RSVP — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 9 too high 23 PDFDraft – Drag & Drop PDF Builder, PDF Viewer, Embed & Download PDF, Certificate & Invoice Designer 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 ↓2 11 too high 24 Electronic Signature Add-on for Fluent Forms 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 1 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.