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

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 “lien”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 7 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 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

Sanctus – Saint du jour shows at wp.org #16 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its — installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry 20K+ · 4.6★ (231) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 WPS Bidouille 9K+ · 4.9★ (54) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 Nút Bấm Liên Hệ Dibrother 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 Presta Products for WordPress 70+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 SePay Gateway 2K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 CDI – Collect and Deliver Interface for Woocommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 Editor Custom Color Palette 90+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #9 2 too low 8 Cyberpret – Calculettes 500+ · 4.2★ (6) wp.org #21 ↓1 13 too low 9 SGDIEN Contact Footer 40+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 3 too low 10 Casso Flow – Tự động xác nhận thanh toán chuyển khoản ngân hàng 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 4 too high 11 Webo-facto 900+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 All-in-one contact buttons – WPSHARE247 3K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 4 too high 13 AIO Tools (All in One Tools) 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 Neksin Connector 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 15 Yoplanning Booking Engine 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 4 too low 16 LearnPress – Sepay Payment 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 3 too high 17 GothAmazon 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 1 too low 18 jobs_that_makesense 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 3 too high 19 C Champis.net — · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↓1 2 too high 20 Paiement Wave Senegal 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 21 Sanctus – Saint du jour — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 5 too high 22 Slider Galerie Native Responsive 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 ContentSide Semantic Platform 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓2 24 Easy Custom Event Tickets 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24 ↓2

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.