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

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 “gradebook”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 7 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

LearnPress – BuddyPress Integration shows at wp.org #10 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Masteriyo LMS – LMS Course Builder, Quizzes & Certificates 6K+ · 4.8★ (184) wp.org #1 2 LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses 70K+ · 4.3★ (597) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution 100K+ · 4.4★ (590) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin – for Online Courses and Education 10K+ · 4.5★ (487) wp.org #7 ↑1 3 too low 5 GradeBook 30+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #2 3 too high 6 LifterLMS – WP LMS for eLearning, Online Courses, & Quizzes 10K+ · 4.8★ (393) wp.org #9 3 too low 7 Experience API for TutorLMS by GrassBlade 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Experience API for LearnPress by GrassBlade 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 3 too high 9 Experience API for LifterLMS by Grassblade 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↓1 1 too high 10 Experience API for MasterStudy by GrassBlade 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 1 too low 11 Experience API for WP Courseware by Grassblade 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 1 too low 12 TradeSchool Manager — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 3 too low 13 Nizamiye — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 3 too low 14 CourseGlade LMS – Online Course & eLearning Platform 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 Classynt Schools — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 2 too low 16 Sikshya LMS – LMS Course Builder, Online Courses & eLearning 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 Stedica LMS — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 2 too low 18 Plugixa Exam – Online Exams, Live Monitoring, Quizzes & Certificates — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 ↑1 19 C Community Gradebook 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 2 too low 20 U UMatter2Us 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 2 too low 21 Tutor LMS Divi Modules 1K+ · 2.3★ (9) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 LearnPress – BuddyPress Integration 1K+ · 1.0★ (3) wp.org #10 12 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.