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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “facility management”

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 “facility management”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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

Funbutler Booking System shows at wp.org #13 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 100+ 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.

Buried gem

Affiliates places #9 on merit, 4.5★ from 137 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Booking Package 10K+ · 4.0★ (15) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 Educare – Students & Result Management System 600+ · 4.6★ (24) wp.org #2 ↓1 3 WP Event Manager – Events Calendar, Registrations, Sell Tickets with WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.0★ (249) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Groups – Memberships and Access Control 10K+ · 4.8★ (382) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 Agile Store Locator 10K+ · 4.9★ (59) wp.org #7 ↑1 2 too low 6 MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, Conditional Forms, Form Templates & Custom Form Builder for Elementor 500K+ · 4.7★ (509) wp.org #8 ↓1 2 too low 7 connectDaily Events Calendar Plugin 90+ · 4.4★ (17) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Multi Location Product & Inventory Management for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #3 5 too high 9 Affiliates 2K+ · 4.5★ (137) wp.org #17 8 too low 10 UpdraftCentral Dashboard 5K+ · 4.5★ (22) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 EleSpare – News, Magazine and Blog Addons for Elementor 10K+ · 4.9★ (44) wp.org #22 ↓1 11 too low 12 Delivery Date Time & Pickup for WooCommerce 400+ · 4.2★ (113) wp.org #15 3 too low 13 Easy Bootstrap Shortcode 6K+ · 4.0★ (50) wp.org #16 3 too low 14 cformsII 3K+ · 4.3★ (21) wp.org #14 ↓1 15 WP Hotel Booking 7K+ · 3.7★ (67) wp.org #18 3 too low 16 Rox Appointment Booking – Event, Calendar & Appointment Scheduling 2K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #11 5 too high 17 Court Reservation – Tennis, Padel & Sports Court Booking 90+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #12 5 too high 18 FlyWP Helper – Page Cache, Page Optimization, Emails for FlyWP Server Control Panel 4K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #10 8 too high 19 Time Slot – Booking and Appointment System 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #19 20 E EWZ-Rating 50+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #23 ↑1 3 too low 21 QR Code Composer – Automatic QR code generation 3K+ · 4.2★ (9) wp.org #24 ↓2 3 too low 22 Playard — Sports Facility Booking System for Courts, Fields, Pitches, Venues and More 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 1 too high 23 Funbutler Booking System 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 ↑1 10 too high 24 L LandTech Self Storage API – Automated Storage Management Integration — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 4 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.