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

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 “lexicon”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 2 of the top 20. 2 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Glossary 2K+ · 4.7★ (84) wp.org #1 2 CM Tooltip Glossary 7K+ · 4.3★ (157) wp.org #2 3 Encyclopedia / Glossary / Wiki 1K+ · 3.4★ (161) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 Heroic Glossary – Block for building Glossaries, Dictionaries and more 3K+ · 3.8★ (10) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Glossary Tooltip – Highlight Terms & Show Tooltips 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 TranslateWP 90+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 7 Hurrakify 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 8 Glossary Pages 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 1 too low 9 Jawnie Green Claims Checker for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 1 too low 10 Siddik Tone Hints — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 UltimaTour Contact Forms 40+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #17 6 too low 12 Wireservice — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 1 too high 13 Iridys Palette Extender — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 3task Glossary: A-Z Index, Dictionary & Wiki — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 Lodestone Green Claims – Greenwashing Checker — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 orcas Responsive Wiki 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #20 4 too low 17 A AI Text-to-Speech using AWS Polly — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 2 too high 18 RobArt Update Guard — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 2 too high 19 Flexicon – Very fresh Lexicon — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too high 20 WeDispatch Audio Text to Speech — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 1 too high 21 F Factolex Glossary — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 1 too low 22 CC Lexicon Lite 10+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #21 1 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.