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

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 “graphite”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 4 of the top 18. 1 plugin is 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Open Graphite 3K+ · 3.3★ (8) wp.org #1 2 OXP Breaking News Ticker 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #2 3 Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field 90K+ · 4.9★ (36) wp.org #12 ↓2 9 too low 4 Vanquish Upload Files for WooCommerce 20+ · 4.6★ (10) wp.org #13 ↓2 9 too low 5 Kodlo Product Gallery for Elementor 40+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too high 6 Mawu Dark Mode for the Admin Dashboard, Editor & Website 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 3 too high 7 Joker Admin Colors — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Forward: Custom Login Page — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 ↓2 2 too high 9 Clandevs — WooCommerce Product Filter — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↓2 2 too high 10 Amortexa Mortgage Calculator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↓1 2 too high 11 CasavoLab Business Manager — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 2 too high 12 Kreechat — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓2 1 too high 13 Volixta Support — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 ↓4 3 too high 14 AZDev Account Skin for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓2 15 DPTag Digital Product Passports for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓2 16 K Kindle-3-Graphite-Widget 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓2 1 too low 17 K Kindle-DX-3-Graphite-Widget — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓2 1 too low 18 S StatsD WordPress Client 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↓2 2 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.