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

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 “gantt”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 4 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 #14 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 9 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 Project Manager – AI Powered Project Management, Task Management, Kanban Board & Time Tracker 5K+ · 3.8★ (187) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 LazyTasks – Project & Task Management with Collaboration, Kanban and Gantt Chart 90+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 weDocs: AI Powered Knowledge Base, Docs, Documentation, Wiki & AI Chatbot 5K+ · 4.6★ (69) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 Chartify – WordPress Chart Plugin 3K+ · 4.9★ (28) wp.org #4 5 User Frontend – Membership, User Registration, User Profile, User Directory & Content Restriction with Frontend Post Submission 20K+ · 4.1★ (537) wp.org #7 ↑1 2 too low 6 Taskbuilder – Project Management & Task Management Tool With Kanban Board 700+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #3 3 too high 7 Graphina – Charts and Graphs For Elementor 9K+ · 4.1★ (16) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 connectDaily Events Calendar Plugin 90+ · 4.4★ (17) wp.org #9 1 too low 9 FluentBoards – Project Management, Task Management, Goal Tracking, Kanban Board, and, Team Collaboration 6K+ · 5.0★ (25) wp.org #19 10 too low 10 A amCharts: Charts and Maps 1K+ · 5.0★ (29) wp.org #22 12 too low 11 wePOS – Point Of Sale (POS) for WooCommerce & Dokan 2K+ · 3.5★ (22) wp.org #8 ↓1 3 too high 12 Air WP Sync – Airtable to WordPress 1K+ · 4.8★ (16) wp.org #18 6 too low 13 Blockenberg — 645 Advanced Gutenberg Blocks, 683 Templates and AI Agent for WordPress Block Editor 1K+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #10 3 too high 14 EventAdmin – Volunteer Management 50+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #24 10 too low 15 Code Block – share beautiful code snippets readers can copy 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 4 too high 16 Ndizi Project Management 10+ · 3.5★ (4) wp.org #12 4 too high 17 Process & Queue Manager — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 2 too high 18 BaraTables — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 2 too high 19 Xtreme Courses 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 6 too high 20 YPSupport Handmade Manager — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 3 too high 21 StoreCashier – POS, Inventory & Business Suite for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 BROSH CRM — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 1 too high 23 Modern Hotel Booking — Direct Booking Engine, Availability Calendar & Vacation Rental PMS 10+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #14 9 too high 24 WPIT GANTT 40+ · 2.8★ (4) 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.