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

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 “memorials”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 4 of the top 20. 3 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.

Ranked above its merit

Growfund – Ultimate Donation & Crowdfunding Solution shows at wp.org #15 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

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Buried gem

Seamless Donations is Sunset places #4 on merit, 4.1★ from 70 reviews, but shows at wp.org #22. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform 100K+ · 4.6★ (708) wp.org #1 2 File Uploads Addon for WooCommerce 4K+ · 3.7★ (27) wp.org #2 ↑2 3 Obituary Assistant 200+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #3 ↓1 4 S Seamless Donations is Sunset 2K+ · 4.1★ (70) wp.org #22 ↓1 18 too low 5 Mission – Donation Plugin for WordPress – Fundraising & Recurring Donations 70+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Karma Memorials 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 ↓1 2 too high 7 Black Friday and Cyber Monday Deals for WooCommerce 100+ · 3.5★ (6) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Virtual Candles – Memorial Light Display 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 Multidots Festive Holiday & Seasonal Effects 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 Site Grayscale Toggle 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 TributeCore B2B — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 Portale Funebre Necrologi — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 1 too low 13 Gather — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too low 14 Cite This Article – Author Box & Citation 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 3 too high 15 Georg-Kloster Calendar Workshop — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 1 too low 16 Buildora File Attachment — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 1 too low 17 Liturgical Day of the Week 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 5 too high 18 DonateOcean – Donations via PayPal — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 Corner Ribbon — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 ObitMaker Lite — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 1 too low 21 AP One-Place Studies – Parish & Village Record Studies — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 2 too low 22 H Hit Sniffer Live Blog Analytics 100+ · 2.3★ (7) wp.org #24 ↓1 2 too low 23 WP Obituary Manager 80+ · 2.3★ (3) wp.org #19 4 too high 24 Growfund – Ultimate Donation & Crowdfunding Solution 100+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #15 9 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.