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

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 “fms”, we and wp.org disagree 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Integration of Zoho CRM and WPForms shows at wp.org #11 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 90+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Currency Converter Calculator 1K+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #3 2 too low 2 StreamCast – bring live radio to your site with a sleek player 1K+ · 4.9★ (7) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 WooCommerce Shipping 70K+ · 2.0★ (18) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 Exchange Rates Widget 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 Shoutcast Icecast HTML5 Radio Player 900+ · 2.8★ (16) wp.org #5 6 Shipping Live Rates for USPS for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.7★ (30) wp.org #23 17 too low 7 Unstoppable Site Connector 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 8 FM: QR Code Gateway for WooCommerce 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 9 FastMigrate – Direct Server-to-Server Site Transfer 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 10 Plugtuner Radio Player 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 11 FM Modular Widgets for Elementor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 1 too low 12 FAPI Member 500+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #6 6 too high 13 Unstoppable Order Pause for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↑4 14 Pandora Cloud Monitoring — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 15 FM: Meta Data Manager for Post — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓2 16 QSO Statistics for Wavelog — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 Xinc Events for Dice — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓3 18 SmartLabs File Manager — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓3 19 Unstoppable Site Manager — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓3 20 F Form Monitor for Contact Form 7 – Email Delivery Alerts — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓2 21 TuneSera – Internet Radio Player & Station Directory — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 22 Leadovation Aerodrome METAR TAF — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓3 23 I-Soft File Manager: Foundation — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓3 1 too low 24 Integration of Zoho CRM and WPForms 90+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #11 13 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.