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

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 “hotel”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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

WP Hotel Booking WooCommerce shows at wp.org #6 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Easy Google Maps by Supsystic – Custom Markers, Clustering & Map Themes places #7 on merit, 4.6★ from 251 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WP Hotel Booking 7K+ · 3.7★ (67) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 Widgets for Google Reviews 1M+ · 4.9★ (2667) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2143) wp.org #8 ↓2 5 too low 4 VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS 8K+ · 4.8★ (61) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 MotoPress Hotel Booking 10K+ · 3.7★ (65) wp.org #2 ↓1 3 too high 6 Ultra Addons for Contact Form 7 60K+ · 4.8★ (107) wp.org #18 ↓2 12 too low 7 Easy Google Maps by Supsystic – Custom Markers, Clustering & Map Themes 20K+ · 4.6★ (251) wp.org #24 17 too low 8 WP Hotelier 2K+ · 4.7★ (23) wp.org #13 ↓2 5 too low 9 MotoPress Hotel Booking for Elementor 10K+ · 3.9★ (7) wp.org #5 ↓1 4 too high 10 Booking Package 10K+ · 4.0★ (15) wp.org #9 ↑13 1 too high 11 Travelly – Tour & Travel Booking Manager for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.8★ (45) wp.org #23 ↑1 12 too low 12 Tourfic – AI Powered Travel Booking, Hotel Booking & Car Rental 1K+ · 4.1★ (16) wp.org #11 ↓2 1 too high 13 eaSYNC Booking – Hotels, Restaurants & Car Rentals 100+ · 4.1★ (17) wp.org #20 7 too low 14 SKT Templates – 100% Free Templates for Elementor & Gutenberg 20K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #17 ↓2 3 too low 15 Hotel Booking for WooCommerce 100+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #10 ↓2 5 too high 16 Hotelipp 400+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #16 ↓2 17 MotoPress Hotel Booking for Divi 1K+ · 2.4★ (5) wp.org #15 ↓3 2 too high 18 WP Hotel Booking Stripe Payment 400+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓2 1 too low 19 WP Hotel Booking Authorize Payment 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓3 3 too low 20 Hotel Bookings Progress Bar for MotoPress 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 ↓2 8 too high 21 Redforts Hotel Booking Engine 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓4 22 WP Hotel Booking WooCommerce 1K+ · 3.0★ (1) wp.org #6 ↓1 16 too high 23 Reservit Hotel 300+ · 3.0★ (1) wp.org #7 16 too high 24 MotoPress Hotel Booking Styles & Templates 10K+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↓1 10 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.