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

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

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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Noted Visual Feedback shows at wp.org #8 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 90+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Atarim – AI Agency for WordPress: Edit Pages, Fix Code, Update Plugins, SEO & Client Feedback places #5 on merit, 4.9★ from 126 reviews, but shows at wp.org #11. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 HubSpot All-In-One Marketing – Forms, Popups, Live Chat 200K+ · 4.3★ (207) wp.org #5 ↓2 4 too low 2 IdeaPush 700+ · 4.5★ (31) wp.org #3 ↑1 1 too low 3 Marker.io – Visual Website Feedback 4K+ · 5.0★ (44) wp.org #6 3 too low 4 Feedbucket – Website Feedback Tool 1K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 Atarim – AI Agency for WordPress: Edit Pages, Fix Code, Update Plugins, SEO & Client Feedback 1K+ · 4.9★ (126) wp.org #11 6 too low 6 BugHerd 3K+ · 3.5★ (4) wp.org #1 5 too high 7 Webvizio 100+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #7 8 Content Publisher for Confluence – Sync & Embed pages 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 ↑1 4 too high 9 Usersnap 400+ · 4.1★ (7) wp.org #15 6 too low 10 Ybug Feedback Widget 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 2 too low 11 Lewe Jira Connector 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 PageProofer 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 2 too high 13 MCP Client & AI Workflow Automation 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↑1 14 FeatValue — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 3 too low 15 WeblyConnect — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 3 too low 16 PushFeedback – Feedback Widget with Screenshots — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↓1 2 too high 17 Noted Visual Feedback 90+ · 3.0★ (3) wp.org #8 9 too high 18 Send Data from any wp form to Google Sheets, Mailchimp, Notion, Slack & More – EasyLink Automations 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↑1 1 too low 19 GranTech Accessibility Audit — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too low 20 PepoCloud AI Support Agent for PepoChat — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 1 too low 21 Rowly – Orders to Notion & Airtable — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 1 too low 22 PinMarks – Visual Website Feedback — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 ReviseFlow — Visual Feedback & Bug Reports — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Olark Live Chat 1K+ · 2.5★ (2) wp.org #16 8 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.