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

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 “mathematics”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 1 of the top 17. 1 plugin is 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 Kybernaut IČO DIČ 2K+ · 5.0★ (38) wp.org #1 2 M MathJax-LaTeX 10K+ · 4.4★ (11) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 WPMathPub 300+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 MathML Block 1K+ · 3.8★ (4) wp.org #4 5 BrainCert Virtual Classroom 10+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #5 6 Eazy CF Captcha 500+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 Computa Quiz and Survey — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Youngwhan's Simple Latex 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 4 too low 9 Spin Wheel – Lucky Wheel, Giveaway & Coupon Popup 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 WeBWorK Q&A — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 EZY.ai – AEO & AI SEO for ChatGPT, Claude & Gemini 100+ · 3.0★ (4) wp.org #11 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 #13 14 A Allow LaTeX Uploads 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 15 G Google Equation for WordPress 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 16 K Kas Latex — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 1 too low 17 W WP Calculator 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 1 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.