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

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 “flashcard”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 7 of the top 20. 2 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

WP Flashcard LITE shows at wp.org #1 but places #5 on merit, a gap of 4 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

Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Quiz Maker & Survey Maker places #3 on merit, 4.7★ from 1282 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 Quiz Maker by AYS 20K+ · 4.9★ (601) wp.org #4 3 too low 2 Qwizcards | online quizzes and flashcards 100+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #2 3 Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Quiz Maker & Survey Maker 40K+ · 4.7★ (1282) wp.org #17 14 too low 4 Sensei LMS – Online Courses, Quizzes, & Learning 9K+ · 3.5★ (40) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 WP Flashcard LITE 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #1 4 too high 6 Personal Dictionary – Vocabulary Games, Memory Games 60+ · 4.8★ (8) wp.org #8 2 too low 7 Blockenberg — 645 Advanced Gutenberg Blocks, 683 Templates and AI Agent for WordPress Block Editor 1K+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #7 8 PDF Flipbook Heyzine 1K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 3 too high 9 Flashmoryx Flashcard Memory Enhancer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 R Rekiz Flashcards — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 MyQuizGPT – Quiz Maker — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 Auto Download Buttons — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 1 too low 13 Coursfox: Convert PDFs into online courses — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too low 14 TWX-Chat – AI Chatbot with Talking Avatars 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 3 too high 15 Gutenberg Block Toolkit – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 16 Course Studio — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 4 too high 17 Gather Grove Courses — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 1 too high 18 E Easy Flashcards 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too low 19 Shortcode Revolution 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 1 too high 20 L Lingo Web Dictionary 10+ · 3.0★ (2) 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.