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

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 “jsonp”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 of the top 20. 9 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

WP-CORS shows at wp.org #17 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 2.3★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Blocksy Companion places #6 on merit, 4.7★ from 93 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 Disable WP REST API 30K+ · 4.8★ (36) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Z zipaddr-jp 50K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 Leaflet Maps Marker (Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Bing Maps) 9K+ · 4.6★ (244) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Sidebar Login 9K+ · 4.5★ (78) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 Blocksy Companion 300K+ · 4.7★ (93) wp.org #11 5 too low 7 Goolytics – Simple Google Analytics 3K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 REST API Toolbox 1K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #13 ↓1 5 too low 9 WPBetterCodeHighlighting — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 5 too high 10 REST XML-RPC Data Checker 800+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #10 11 Bandsintown Events 4K+ · 3.3★ (8) wp.org #8 3 too high 12 WordSec – Malware Scanner & Removal, Web Application Firewall (WAF), and 2FA 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 ↓1 3 too low 13 Open Source Event Calendar 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 AdButler WordPress Plugin 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 5 too high 15 F Feed JSON 400+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #22 ↓1 7 too low 16 W WP Multisite SSO 10+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #24 ↓1 8 too low 17 LH Multisite CORS 300+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #18 ↓1 1 too low 18 C Check External Login — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 4 too high 19 Graceful Error Pages — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 3 too high 20 F FF Communitymap — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 1 too high 21 ZIP-JP Postalcode Address Search 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too high 22 wp-sso-client — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 1 too low 23 W Wiredrive Player 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 2 too high 24 W WP-CORS 1K+ · 2.3★ (3) wp.org #17 ↓1 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.