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

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 “hotels”, 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 #8 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 14 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 #8 on merit, 4.6★ from 251 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Widgets for Google Reviews 1M+ · 4.9★ (2667) wp.org #1 2 VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS 8K+ · 4.8★ (61) wp.org #2 3 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2144) wp.org #6 ↓1 3 too low 4 MotoPress Hotel Booking 10K+ · 3.7★ (65) wp.org #3 ↓2 1 too high 5 WP Hotel Booking 7K+ · 3.7★ (67) wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too high 6 Ultra Addons for Contact Form 7 60K+ · 4.8★ (107) wp.org #14 8 too low 7 WP Tripadvisor Review Widgets 20K+ · 4.1★ (116) wp.org #13 ↓6 6 too low 8 Easy Google Maps by Supsystic – Custom Markers, Clustering & Map Themes 20K+ · 4.6★ (251) wp.org #21 13 too low 9 Booking Package 10K+ · 4.0★ (15) wp.org #7 ↑13 2 too high 10 MotoPress Hotel Booking for Elementor 10K+ · 3.9★ (7) wp.org #5 ↓1 5 too high 11 eaSYNC Booking – Hotels, Restaurants & Car Rentals 100+ · 4.1★ (17) wp.org #12 ↑9 1 too low 12 WP Hotelier 2K+ · 4.7★ (23) wp.org #18 ↓5 6 too low 13 Tourfic – AI Powered Travel Booking, Hotel Booking & Car Rental 1K+ · 4.1★ (16) wp.org #9 ↓1 4 too high 14 Travelly – Tour & Travel Booking Manager for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.8★ (45) wp.org #19 ↑3 5 too low 15 SKT Templates – 100% Free Templates for Elementor & Gutenberg 20K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #11 ↓1 4 too high 16 Cost Calculator for Contact Form 7 – Price Calculator Free 5K+ · 3.8★ (15) wp.org #24 8 too low 17 Hotel Booking for WooCommerce 100+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #22 ↓5 5 too low 18 MotoPress Hotel Booking for Divi 1K+ · 2.4★ (5) wp.org #16 ↓5 2 too high 19 Widgets for Hotels.com Reviews 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 4 too high 20 Clever Fox 30K+ · 3.0★ (5) wp.org #23 ↓4 3 too low 21 Hotel Bookings Progress Bar for MotoPress 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↓4 1 too high 22 WP Hotel Booking WooCommerce 1K+ · 3.0★ (1) wp.org #8 ↓2 14 too high 23 Reservit Hotel 300+ · 3.0★ (1) wp.org #10 ↓1 13 too high 24 MotoPress Hotel Booking Styles & Templates 10K+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↓5 7 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.