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

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 “jqueryui”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 of the top 20. 7 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

Feedaty Rating for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #5 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 19 places. Its 300+ 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 WP Chat App 100K+ · 4.9★ (222) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 FoxyShop 70+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 cformsII 3K+ · 4.3★ (21) wp.org #7 4 too low 4 wp-greet 50+ · 4.9★ (10) wp.org #8 4 too low 5 bad_ip WP 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #1 4 too high 6 Diverse Solutions IDX Real Estate Listings & MLS Search 1K+ · 3.2★ (66) wp.org #9 3 too low 7 No unsafe-inline 200+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 C Collapsible Widget Area 100+ · 4.6★ (8) wp.org #14 6 too low 9 Plugin Info Accordion — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 5 too high 10 Gravity Forms Directory 500+ · 3.2★ (34) wp.org #18 8 too low 11 B BuddyPress Profile Tabs 30+ · 4.6★ (9) wp.org #19 8 too low 12 Hello Event 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 1 too low 13 Trail Status 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 3 too high 14 GDY Modular Content 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 2 too high 15 Bulk Fields Editor 30+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #21 6 too low 16 Connections Business Directory Open Hours 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 5 too high 17 C Contact Form7: Autocomplete 400+ · 3.6★ (7) wp.org #20 3 too low 18 W wppt-emailer (WordPress Phil Tanner's Emailer) — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 3 too high 19 Formstack Online Forms 1K+ · 2.5★ (8) wp.org #22 3 too low 20 jQuery Accordion Category Posts 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 3 too high 21 D DD Contact Form 20+ · 3.8★ (5) wp.org #23 2 too low 22 Phototools: geo2wikipedia 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 6 too high 23 ASD Feature Maps — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Feedaty Rating for WooCommerce 300+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #5 19 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.