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

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 “mermaid”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 of the top 20. 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 Code Block Pro – Beautiful Syntax Highlighting 10K+ · 4.8★ (50) wp.org #1 2 MerPress 1K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too low 3 FluentBoards – Project Management, Task Management, Goal Tracking, Kanban Board, and, Team Collaboration 6K+ · 5.0★ (25) wp.org #19 ↓2 16 too low 4 CanaryBlue Diagrams for Mermaid 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #2 ↑1 2 too high 5 Markup Markdown 1K+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #17 ↓2 12 too low 6 Markdown Renderer for GitHub 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 SolveBeam Diagrams with Mermaid — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 CloudScale Cyber & DevTools 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 Code Block – share beautiful code snippets readers can copy 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↓2 2 too high 10 Marklane – Publish Markdown without the post editor. 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↓2 2 too high 11 NinjaDraw – Diagram, Flowchart, Mind Map & Sketching Tool 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓2 2 too high 12 PlusMagi Blocks — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓2 2 too high 13 MindCat 100+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #18 ↓2 5 too low 14 O Ozeki Markdown Documents — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓2 3 too high 15 Carve Markup — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓2 3 too high 16 Funnel Elite Lite — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓2 3 too high 17 Bibcit Any2HTML — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓2 3 too high 18 ViewMarkdown — Markdown Editor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓2 3 too high 19 WPBetterCodeHighlighting — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓2 3 too high 20 D Djot Markup — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓2 21 OctoPress — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 22 W William Research Admin Agent — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓3 1 too low 23 Visualize 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓3 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.