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

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 “justin”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 5 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

Broadstreet shows at wp.org #5 but places #11 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 700+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager 90K+ · 5.0★ (1526) wp.org #1 2 WebP Express 300K+ · 4.4★ (162) wp.org #2 3 CMB2 300K+ · 5.0★ (91) wp.org #3 4 WP Server Health Stats 9K+ · 4.8★ (110) wp.org #4 5 Advanced Custom Fields: Font Awesome Field 90K+ · 4.9★ (36) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Stripe Payment Forms by WP Simple Pay – Accept Credit Card Payments + Subscriptions with Stripe 8K+ · 4.4★ (117) wp.org #9 3 too low 7 Admin Tweaks 800+ · 4.7★ (33) wp.org #12 5 too low 8 Resume Builder 1K+ · 4.4★ (17) wp.org #10 2 too low 9 DesignSetGo 8K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 Syndication Links 300+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #11 1 too low 11 Broadstreet 700+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #5 6 too high 12 X3P0: Breadcrumbs 200+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #14 2 too low 13 Attesa Extra 1K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 5 too high 14 Monthchunks 80+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 1 too low 15 WP Designer – Professional WordPress Design & Customization Tool 60+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #16 1 too low 16 Live Chat by User.com 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #18 2 too low 17 wpOpus – The Ultimate Gutenberg Toolkit and Site Builder 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 4 too high 18 O Overwrite Author Name 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #22 4 too low 19 Justin Legal — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 2 too high 20 E Enhanced Embed Block for YouTube & Vimeo 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too high 21 X3P0: Authors 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 X3P0: Progress 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 1 too high 23 Address Lookup field for ACF 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 24 Kemet Addons 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24

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.