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

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 “mia”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 0 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Payment Gateway for maib MIA for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #1 2 MIA, Bank Card & StarCard Payment Gateway for VictoriaBank (Community Edition) 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #2 3 Infinite Scroll Product For WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 ↑2 1 too low 4 Payment Gateway for maib e-Commerce Checkout for WooCommerce 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Payment Gateway for Victoriabank MIA for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 ↓1 6 Virtual MIA Avatar — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 ↓1 7 CatCode Merchant Image Audit for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 8 AmrRev – Product Reviews for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 9 WITHMIA ChatWeb — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 10 WITHMIA for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 11 A Advanced Woo Ajax Search — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 12 Zoobbe – Project Management & Kanban Boards — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 13 P Product Size Guide For WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 14 P Pixel Post Grid — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 15 Easy Order – Simple Store Builder — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 16 SJRubel Product Feed Generator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 Edit and Manage Product for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 18 OrderAlert – SMS Notifications for AlphaSMS — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 Ajax Portfolio 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 20 Ultimate Product Options For WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 1 too low 21 QR Code Generator WP 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 Product Announcer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 D Disable Classic Editor and Widget 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 24 C Countdown Timer Infinite 10+ · 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.