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

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 “marriage”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 3 of the top 18.

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 Genealogical Tree – Family Tree & Ancestry for WordPress 600+ · 4.1★ (16) wp.org #1 2 Contextly Recommends 100+ · 3.8★ (23) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Pride Codes 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 RootsPersona 400+ · 4.6★ (17) wp.org #14 10 too low 5 GedShow 200+ · 4.6★ (8) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 Pride Bar 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 VedicAstroAPI 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Shibhu Matrimony – Complete Matrimonial Solution 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 Matrimony 60+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #16 7 too low 10 Sermon Library 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 F Family Wiki — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 AP Family Archive – Genealogy Website from GEDCOM — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 2 too high 13 Smart Booking — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 AP Casework Manager – Client Management for Genealogists — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 2 too high 15 AP One-Place Studies – Parish & Village Record Studies — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 2 too high 16 GeneaCanvas GEDCOM Family Tree 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 1 too low 17 Hidden Word Bible Lessons — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too low 18 AP Family Trees 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 3 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.