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

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 “logbook”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 2 of the top 16. 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 sqrip.ch 100+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #2 ↑1 1 too low 2 Visitor Management System – Office Visitor Check-In Logbook 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Email OTP Authenticator – Login, Register & 2FA 100+ · 5.0★ (12) wp.org #11 8 too low 4 Divelogs Widget 20+ · 3.3★ (3) wp.org #4 ↑1 5 Aquilisio Activity Logbook — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 ↑1 2 too high 6 Logbook 1K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #13 7 too low 7 Vouchlog – Accessibility Logbook, Scanner & Color Contrast Checker — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 ↑1 2 too high 8 Boat Position — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 ↑1 2 too high 9 QSO Statistics for Wavelog — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 R RangerHQ Buddy — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 Sextant Export & Import — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 Buildora File Attachment — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 2 too high 13 Climbing Cardboard — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 L Logbook Feed — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 15 O OurNows — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 16 W WP-Routes Plugin 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16

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.