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

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 “mathematic”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 3 of the top 19. 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Kybernaut IČO DIČ 2K+ · 5.0★ (38) wp.org #1 2 MathML Block 1K+ · 3.8★ (4) wp.org #2 3 BrainCert Virtual Classroom 10+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #3 4 M MathJax-LaTeX 10K+ · 4.4★ (11) wp.org #12 8 too low 5 Computa Quiz and Survey — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 Eazy CF Captcha 500+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 WPMathPub 300+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #11 4 too low 8 Youngwhan's Simple Latex 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 Spin Wheel – Lucky Wheel, Giveaway & Coupon Popup 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 FinEngine Calculator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 WeBWorK Q&A — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 O Ozeki Markdown Documents — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 2 too high 13 U Unicode Character Keyboard 40+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 2 too low 14 EZY.ai – AEO & AI SEO for ChatGPT, Claude & Gemini 100+ · 3.0★ (4) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 o_OKak Staff Commission — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 A Allow LaTeX Uploads 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 K Kas Latex — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 18 W WP Calculator 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↑1 19 G Google Equation for WordPress 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1

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.