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

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 “gamipress”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 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 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

GamiPress – Emails By Type shows at wp.org #3 but places #12 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 200+ 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 Maker by AYS places #4 on merit, 4.9★ from 601 reviews, but shows at wp.org #15. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 GamiPress – Gamification plugin to reward points, badges & ranks in WordPress, now with AI 10K+ · 4.9★ (493) wp.org #1 2 Site Reviews 60K+ · 4.9★ (376) wp.org #5 3 too low 3 Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense 90K+ · 4.9★ (1463) wp.org #10 ↑4 7 too low 4 Quiz Maker by AYS 20K+ · 4.9★ (601) wp.org #15 11 too low 5 Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots 10K+ · 4.8★ (142) wp.org #12 ↓1 7 too low 6 Masteriyo LMS – LMS Course Builder, Quizzes & Certificates 6K+ · 4.8★ (184) wp.org #8 ↑1 2 too low 7 AutomatorWP – No-Code Workflow Automation, Integration & Webhooks Plugin, now with AI 6K+ · 4.8★ (202) wp.org #17 ↑3 10 too low 8 GamiPress – Block Users 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #2 6 too high 9 Noptin – Newsletter, New Post Notifications & Email Automation 10K+ · 4.5★ (120) wp.org #14 ↑4 5 too low 10 Like Button Rating ♥ LikeBtn 3K+ · 4.4★ (273) wp.org #21 ↑1 11 too low 11 GamiPress – Link 700+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 7 too high 12 GamiPress – Emails By Type 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 9 too high 13 bbPress Voting 400+ · 4.7★ (10) wp.org #23 10 too low 14 GamiPress – Activity by Category 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 7 too high 15 GamiPress – Button 800+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #6 9 too high 16 GamiPress – WooCommerce Points Per Purchase Total 400+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓1 5 too high 17 GamiPress – BadgeOS Importer 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 ↓1 8 too high 18 GamiPress – Multimedia Content 400+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 5 too high 19 GamiPress – Notifications By Type 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓3 3 too high 20 GamiPress – BuddyPress Group Leaderboard 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓3 2 too high 21 GamiPress – LearnDash Group Leaderboard 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓3 2 too high 22 GamiPress – H5P Points Per Score 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓3 2 too high 23 GamiPress – LearnDash Points Per Quiz Score 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓3 1 too high 24 GamiPress – LearnDash Points Importer 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓3

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.