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

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 plugins”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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

Reservit Hotel shows at wp.org #5 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 17 places. Its 300+ 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

SupportCandy – AI Customer Support Ticket System & Live Chatbot Agent places #11 on merit, 4.9★ from 289 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 MotoPress Hotel Booking 10K+ · 3.7★ (65) wp.org #1 2 BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin 400K+ · 4.0★ (1323) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 WP Hotel Booking 7K+ · 3.7★ (67) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Widgets for Google Reviews 1M+ · 4.9★ (2667) wp.org #8 4 too low 5 GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory 10K+ · 4.8★ (716) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS 8K+ · 4.8★ (61) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2143) wp.org #12 5 too low 8 wpDataTables – WordPress Data Table, Dynamic Tables & Table Charts Plugin 60K+ · 4.5★ (449) wp.org #13 5 too low 9 Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing & Member Directories for WordPress 10K+ · 4.6★ (504) wp.org #14 5 too low 10 Easy Social Feed – All In One Social Feed Plugin for WordPress 30K+ · 4.6★ (502) wp.org #17 7 too low 11 SupportCandy – AI Customer Support Ticket System & Live Chatbot Agent 10K+ · 4.9★ (289) wp.org #19 8 too low 12 MotoPress Hotel Booking for Elementor 10K+ · 3.9★ (7) wp.org #7 5 too high 13 Booking Package 10K+ · 4.0★ (15) wp.org #15 2 too low 14 eaSYNC Booking – Hotels, Restaurants & Car Rentals 100+ · 4.1★ (17) wp.org #24 10 too low 15 Tourfic – AI Powered Travel Booking, Hotel Booking & Car Rental 1K+ · 4.1★ (16) wp.org #16 1 too low 16 Hotel Booking for WooCommerce 100+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #10 6 too high 17 MotoPress Hotel Booking for Divi 1K+ · 2.4★ (5) wp.org #18 1 too low 18 Hotel Bookings Progress Bar for MotoPress 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 7 too high 19 WP Hotel Booking Stripe Payment 400+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 2 too low 20 WP Hotel Booking Authorize Payment 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 3 too low 21 Redforts Hotel Booking Engine 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 1 too low 22 Reservit Hotel 300+ · 3.0★ (1) wp.org #5 17 too high 23 WP Hotel Booking WooCommerce 1K+ · 3.0★ (1) wp.org #6 17 too high 24 MotoPress Hotel Booking Styles & Templates 10K+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #20 4 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.