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

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 “guild”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 5 of the top 20. 6 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

Guild Wars 2 – WvW Matchups shows at wp.org #19 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its 10+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Guild Raid Progression for WoW and Raider IO 10+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #1 2 W WoW Progress 20+ · 4.5★ (6) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 miniOrange Discord Integration 100+ · 3.5★ (8) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Guild Recruitment Widget for WoW — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 WoWpi 10+ · 5.0★ (12) wp.org #15 10 too low 6 Aths Guild Progress for WoW — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Guild Roster Importer for WoW — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 AP One-Name Studies – Surname Study & Distribution Maps — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 TAL Server Widget for Discord — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 MushRaider Bridge 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #18 8 too low 11 Clanfront — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 IT Guild Rozetka.ua Woocommerce Integration 20+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #12 13 Gaming-Plus Game Server Status 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 ↑1 3 too high 14 W WoWpi Guild 10+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #11 ↓1 3 too high 15 B Beautiful Steps — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 2 too high 16 S Simple WoW Recruitment DE 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 G gw2pcl – Guild Wars 2 Player’s Character List — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #22 5 too low 18 IT Guild Amazon Feed — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 2 too high 19 Guild Wars 2 World vs World 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 2 too high 20 W WOW Recruitment Widget 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 21 J ja WowToken 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 22 W Warcraft Bundle 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 Guild Wars 2 – WvW Matchups 10+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #19 4 too high 24 W WoWRecrut 10+ · 3.0★ (1) wp.org #24

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.