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

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 “folio”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 5 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

Modern Hotel Booking — Direct Booking Engine, Availability Calendar & Vacation Rental PMS shows at wp.org #10 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 10+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 PPWP – Password Protect Pages 30K+ · 4.7★ (271) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Prevent Direct Access – Protect WordPress Files 10K+ · 4.6★ (297) wp.org #4 ↓1 2 too low 3 Prime Slider – Hero Slider, Carousel, WooCommerce & Post Slider Elementor Addons 100K+ · 4.5★ (82) wp.org #3 ↑1 4 Simple Folio 30+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #1 3 too high 5 Protección de datos – RGPD 7K+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #15 ↓2 10 too low 6 Folio Drawbridge — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Folio Gatehouse — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 8 Progressive Web Apps 10+ · 4.5★ (4) wp.org #20 ↓2 12 too low 9 Enrove Folios — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 Supafolio 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 4 too high 11 Pattern Paste: Block Patterns for Any Block Theme — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 Fiscalisto Autofactura — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 1 too high 13 Broadside Blocks — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓2 1 too high 14 PWL DTE for Bsale — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓2 1 too high 15 FACTO – Facturación Electrónica 300+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #16 ↓2 1 too low 16 PDFDraft PDF Invoices for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓2 2 too high 17 V Vessi.cl Electronic Invoicing — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓2 18 Modern Hotel Booking — Direct Booking Engine, Availability Calendar & Vacation Rental PMS 10+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #10 8 too high 19 V VS Light Theme for the Foxdell Folio Block Editor Customiser — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓2 1 too high 20 R Rain Forest Theme for the Foxdell Folio Block Editor Customiser — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓2 1 too high 21 F Foxdell Folio BEC Disable Core Blocks — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓2 22 F Foxdell Folio Block Editor Customiser — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓2 23 autometa's FOLIO 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓2 24 autometa 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓2

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.