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

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 “hostel”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 7 of the top 20. 4 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

Redforts Hotel Booking Engine shows at wp.org #11 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 300+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Hostel 20+ · 4.5★ (12) wp.org #1 2 VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS 8K+ · 4.8★ (61) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 WP Hotelier 2K+ · 4.7★ (23) wp.org #3 ↓1 4 BA Book Everything 10K+ · 4.2★ (20) wp.org #4 ↑1 5 WP Hotel Booking 7K+ · 3.7★ (67) wp.org #5 ↓1 6 The School Management – Education & Learning ERP 700+ · 4.5★ (15) wp.org #6 7 MotoPress Hotel Booking 10K+ · 3.7★ (65) wp.org #8 ↓1 1 too low 8 Beds24 Online Booking 2K+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #10 ↓1 2 too low 9 CultBooking Hotel Booking Engine 100+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #19 ↓2 10 too low 10 Hotel Booking for WooCommerce 100+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #7 ↑1 3 too high 11 Host Domination Booking Engine: Calendar Sync & Reservation System 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #14 3 too low 12 Bukza 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 ↑1 3 too high 13 BookiFlex Hotel Booking 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 ↓2 2 too low 14 Local Business Schema Widget 20+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 MyBooking Reservation Engine 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 3 too high 16 WebStyle Hotel Booking for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 Redforts Hotel Booking Engine 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 6 too high 18 The Travel Button® 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #18 ↓2 19 Tribii Hotel Booking Engine — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓2 1 too low 20 CampusCopilot – AI Admission Chatbot — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓2 1 too low 21 S Saksh WP Hotel Booking Lite — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓2 1 too low 22 OBERON – Hotel reservation 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓2 5 too high 23 1Day Booking Engine 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓2 1 too low 24 Webatta – Deposit price for WooCommerce products 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 ↓2 1 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.