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

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 “firefly”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 1 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Firefly Map – Interactive City Mapping with Firefly Effect — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #1 2 MyCryptoCheckout – Bitcoin, Ethereum, and 100+ altcoins for WooCommerce 8K+ · 4.3★ (49) wp.org #15 13 too low 3 AIMarky – Content Marker for AI 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 ExtenderX – Accessibility Toolbar, Dark Mode & Site Tools 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Stampwise – AI Image Label & Watermark — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 TransparAI: EU AI Act Compliance, AI Disclosure & AI Image Detection 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 ↑6 1 too high 7 Glimmerwake – Seasonal Cursor Trails — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↓1 8 Jawnie – AI Disclosure for Chatbots & AI Images — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 ↓1 2 too high 9 Ropemark Image Marking for the EU AI Act — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↓1 1 too high 10 Subreality AI-Media-Label — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 1 too high 11 Legibright – AI Act Compliance — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 1 too high 12 Impress Living Backgrounds — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓1 1 too high 13 Seazonify — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 StackFirefly – Error Tracking, Monitoring & AI — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 Impress Bento Grid — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 Intigra Disclosio – AI Image and Video Labels for the EU AI Act 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 F FireFly Effect on WordPress 20+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #19 2 too low 18 Clarivo – AI Content Disclosure 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 1 too high 19 Desk9 AI Content Disclosure — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too high 20 H Hello Serenity 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20

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.