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

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 “jabber”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 6 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.

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Ranked above its merit

People Lists shows at wp.org #12 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Import and export users and customers 70K+ · 4.7★ (259) wp.org #3 2 too low 2 Simple Author Box 90K+ · 4.3★ (115) wp.org #5 3 too low 3 E Ejabberd Account Tools 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 JSON API User 1K+ · 3.9★ (21) wp.org #7 3 too low 5 Popular Brand Icons – Simple Icons 3K+ · 4.7★ (10) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 Zoho SalesIQ – Live chat, chatbots, and visitor tracking 10K+ · 4.1★ (7) wp.org #6 7 X XMPP Statistics 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #2 5 too high 8 ConverseJS 10+ · 3.6★ (5) wp.org #4 4 too high 9 Contact Form 7 Modules 4K+ · 3.7★ (22) wp.org #14 5 too low 10 WP Basic Elements 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #10 11 Get User Custom Field Values 90+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #11 12 H Hide User Profile Fields 100+ · 3.8★ (4) wp.org #22 10 too low 13 Video Chat for Cisco and FusionPBX Callcenters — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 14 SimpleSocial 100+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #9 5 too high 15 C ChatKaizen — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 2 too low 16 C Customer care — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 1 too high 17 Author Spotlight (Widget) 100+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #21 4 too low 18 U User Profile Fields 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #20 2 too low 19 W wp_mail to XMPP 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 20 W WP Debug Robot 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 3 too low 21 博 博客优化 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 3 too high 22 X XMPP Authentication 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 6 too high 23 P People Lists 100+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #12 11 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.