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

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

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 JAMP Notes (Just Another Memo Plugin) 400+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #1 2 Integration for WooCommerce and QuickBooks 1K+ · 4.9★ (15) wp.org #2 3 WP To Do 100+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #3 4 myEasyCompta – Invoicing, Accounting & Quotes Plugin for WordPress 30+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #10 6 too low 5 Corexa crypto payment 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 VERIFIED Crypto Checkout – Card to USDC WooCommerce Payment Gateway 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Block & Optimize PDFs – PDF.dk 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 3 too high 8 D613 Pay – Zelle, Venmo, PayPal & Cash App Payments for WooCommerce 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↑2 1 too high 9 Plugin Notes Label 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↓1 1 too high 10 PP Maintenance Labels 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 1 too high 11 Migal Calendar — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 12 K kurashi-clutch Admin Notes and Wiki — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 13 REAL8 Gateway — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too low 14 HXMD — Markdown Log Manager — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 1 too low 15 Voice Recording Field for WPForms 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 1 too low 16 zimpliScribe — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 3 too high 17 Toorimichi — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 18 Neutrope SEO Report Dashboard — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 HXSR — Smart Redirecter — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 20 PrismSync Integration with QuickBooks for Gravity Forms — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 21 Demfilz Sync for QuickBooks — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 22 BconGlobal – Crypto Payment Gateway — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 Ultrafan — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↑1 24 Mostify — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24

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.