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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “line.me”

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 “line.me”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 of the top 19.

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

Smartarget Line Chat – Contact Us shows at wp.org #4 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 10+ 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.

Buried gem

Professional Social Sharing Buttons, Icons & Related Posts – Shareaholic places #4 on merit, 4.4★ from 1053 reviews, but shows at wp.org #18. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button – Chaty 300K+ · 5.0★ (1244) wp.org #1 2 Rapls AI Chatbot – Self-Hosted RAG & MCP Server 90+ · 4.9★ (10) wp.org #2 3 All-in-one Sticky Floating Contact Form, Call, Click to Chat, and 50+ Social Icon Tabs – My Sticky Elements 40K+ · 4.9★ (542) wp.org #14 11 too low 4 Professional Social Sharing Buttons, Icons & Related Posts – Shareaholic 10K+ · 4.4★ (1053) wp.org #18 14 too low 5 NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster 20K+ · 3.3★ (617) wp.org #17 12 too low 6 PixelcraftDev Addons for Elementor (Lite) — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #3 3 too high 7 Floating Action Button 900+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #16 9 too low 8 Simple Easy Social Login – OAuth Login 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 Moksa for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 4 too high 10 EffortLess Easy Online Payment — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 3 too high 11 ASB Connect for LINE — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 3 too high 12 oChats – Omnichannel Support Software — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 3 too high 13 ESM Web3 Social Connect — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 3 too high 14 ReachMint Contact Launcher — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 3 too high 15 Moksa for LINE — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 3 too high 16 Moksa Points for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 3 too high 17 Baza Live Chat — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 2 too high 18 Social Side Contact 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too low 19 Smartarget Line Chat – Contact Us 10+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #4 15 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.