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

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 “fuel”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 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

CodeArt Units Converter shows at wp.org #13 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 70+ 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Contests by Rewards Fuel 40+ · 4.4★ (65) wp.org #1 2 ActiveCampaign for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.0★ (48) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 EmbedPress 100K+ · 4.8★ (307) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher 10K+ · 4.8★ (514) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 ActiveCampaign – The autonomous marketing platform 40K+ · 4.5★ (29) wp.org #3 ↓1 2 too high 6 Smart Search & Product Filter for WooCommerce – Searchanise 900+ · 4.4★ (43) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 Popup builder with Gamification, Multi-Step Popups, Page-Level Targeting, and WooCommerce Triggers 70K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #8 ↑1 1 too low 8 Table rate shipping for WooCommerce 200+ · 4.5★ (12) wp.org #10 2 too low 9 Inventory Presser – Car Dealer Listings 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 5 too high 10 Wizart Visualizer — AI-Powered Room Visualization 100+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #9 ↓1 1 too high 11 Beetle Tracking – Cloudflare Zaraz for WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #16 5 too low 12 Blockenberg — 645 Advanced Gutenberg Blocks, 683 Templates and AI Agent for WordPress Block Editor 1K+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #12 ↑3 13 Floating Awesome Button (Sticky Button, Popup, Toast) & 200+ Website Custom Interactive Element 700+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #18 ↑1 5 too low 14 Product Table For WooCommerce 500+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #22 8 too low 15 Video Reviews / Video Widget 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #24 9 too low 16 ViewNexa – Bitcentral 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 5 too high 17 Teaser Post Title 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #20 3 too low 18 ShipLevy Fuel Surcharge Lite for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 4 too high 19 OilPriceAPI Fuel Widgets — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 4 too high 20 CodeArt Units Converter 70+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 ↓1 7 too high 21 FuelPrice Australia 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓2 2 too high 22 OmniForm 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 1 too high 23 Direct Freight Express Shipping for WooCommerce 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↑1 6 too high 24 Anacoder Calculators – 20+ Responsive Calculators & Embed Suite — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 1 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.