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

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 “managment”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 of the top 20. 9 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.

Ranked above its merit

Pavojingųjų atliekų identifikavimo įrankis shows at wp.org #5 but places #13 on merit, a gap of 8 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.

Buried gem

Simple Shopping Cart places #2 on merit, 4.6★ from 215 reviews, but shows at wp.org #7. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 ACF Frontend Admin by DynamiApps 8K+ · 4.5★ (160) wp.org #1 2 Simple Shopping Cart 10K+ · 4.6★ (215) wp.org #7 5 too low 3 MyRewards 2K+ · 4.7★ (58) wp.org #6 3 too low 4 Flexible PDF Invoices for WooCommerce & WordPress 6K+ · 4.4★ (37) wp.org #8 4 too low 5 Aruba HiSpeed Cache 100K+ · 3.0★ (10) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 Jovvie Point of Sale POS for WooCommerce 100+ · 4.5★ (22) wp.org #10 4 too low 7 MZ Mindbody API 100+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #12 5 too low 8 Karrya Field service management system 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #2 6 too high 9 Selling Commander for WooCommerce – connector plugin 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 5 too high 10 AffiEasy 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 Carts Guru 70+ · 4.6★ (9) wp.org #23 12 too low 12 Custom Ratings 70+ · 4.1★ (7) wp.org #18 6 too low 13 Pavojingųjų atliekų identifikavimo įrankis — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 8 too high 14 Project Portal — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 15 W WebConnex Form Management 500+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 2 too high 16 Robots.txt rewrite 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #20 4 too low 17 R Ridplace Rating Stars — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 6 too high 18 MailRush.io Forms 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 3 too high 19 PSBDx Smart Report Management — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 2 too high 20 WP Videos 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 4 too high 21 HDTasks | Client and Team Task Lists 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 2 too high 22 Styles Library 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 1 too high 23 B Band Managment Tools — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 R Resource Management for WordPress 10+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #22 2 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.