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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “gutenberg clock”

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 “gutenberg clock”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 16 of the top 20. 5 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

Alert Box Block – Grab Attention with Eye-Catching Notices shows at wp.org #8 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 400+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Buttonizer – Floating Menus, Sticky Buttons, & Popup Builder places #10 on merit, 4.5★ from 151 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Simple Digital Clock 🕒 500+ · 4.3★ (12) wp.org #1 2 Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics 3M+ · 3.7★ (2408) wp.org #4 ↑2 2 too low 3 Countdown, Coming Soon, Maintenance – Countdown & Clock 10K+ · 4.7★ (183) wp.org #5 ↓1 2 too low 4 MX Time Zone Clocks 1K+ · 4.7★ (15) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 HurryTimer – An Scarcity and Urgency Countdown Timer for WordPress & WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.8★ (170) wp.org #9 ↑6 4 too low 6 Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection 700K+ · 4.6★ (3992) wp.org #12 ↓1 6 too low 7 If-So Dynamic Content – Elementor & All Page Builders Personalization 7K+ · 4.7★ (92) wp.org #11 ↓1 4 too low 8 Buttonizer – Social Media Share Buttons, Social Icons, & Social Feeds 40K+ · 4.8★ (396) wp.org #14 6 too low 9 Digital Clock 300+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #2 7 too high 10 Buttonizer – Floating Menus, Sticky Buttons, & Popup Builder 70K+ · 4.5★ (151) wp.org #17 ↓1 7 too low 11 Slider Hero with Video Background, Animation 3K+ · 4.8★ (34) wp.org #24 13 too low 12 Radio Station by netmix® – Manage and play your Show Schedule in WordPress! 1K+ · 4.6★ (30) wp.org #20 ↓2 8 too low 13 Popup builder with Gamification, Multi-Step Popups, Page-Level Targeting, and WooCommerce Triggers 70K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #18 ↓1 5 too low 14 Uji Countdown 4K+ · 3.2★ (54) wp.org #21 ↓2 7 too low 15 Blockenberg — 645 Advanced Gutenberg Blocks, 683 Templates and AI Agent for WordPress Block Editor 1K+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #7 8 too high 16 Rox Appointment Booking – Event, Calendar & Appointment Scheduling 2K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #19 ↑2 3 too low 17 Better Chat Support for Messenger 1K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #22 ↓2 5 too low 18 Hyve Lite – AI Chatbot Trained on WordPress Posts, Pages, Products & More with ChatGPT 7K+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #23 5 too low 19 World Clocks 100+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #6 ↓1 13 too high 20 DesignSetGo 8K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #16 4 too high 21 Countdown Timer Block – build urgency for events and launches 2K+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #13 ↓1 8 too high 22 Time.now Clock Widget 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 12 too high 23 Alert Box Block – Grab Attention with Eye-Catching Notices 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 15 too high 24 MWR Hit Counter 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↓2 9 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.