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

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 “guestbook”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 1 of the top 17. 2 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Gwolle Guestbook 20K+ · 4.8★ (113) wp.org #1 2 Spam protection, Honeypot, Anti-Spam by CleanTalk 200K+ · 4.8★ (3213) wp.org #2 3 Wedding Party RSVP – Guest List, Invitation & Event Manager 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 W WP-ViperGB 300+ · 4.5★ (4) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Simple Guestbook 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 D Dooodl 50+ · 4.3★ (7) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 Wallble: Guest Book for Weddings, Customer Testimonials and More — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 TributeCore B2B — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 9 WeddingBlocks — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 10 C Comment Pub 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #11 1 too low 11 LIBRO DE VISITAS – GUESTBOOK 30+ · 4.0★ (3) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 O Ozh' Spam Magnet Checker 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 1 too low 13 W WP CommentWidgetizer 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too low 14 M MyiBook Widget 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 1 too low 15 R Reverse Order Comments 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 3 too high 16 P Paged Comments 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 G Guestbook Generator 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17

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.