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

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 “mihdan”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 5 of the top 19. 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.

Ranked above its merit

Kinescope shows at wp.org #13 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 2.3★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Zen Feed 400+ · 5.0★ (18) wp.org #1 2 CrawlWP SEO – Complete WordPress SEO Plugin with AI, Indexing & Search Performance 30K+ · 4.7★ (62) wp.org #2 3 Maps from Yandex for Elementor 7K+ · 4.9★ (49) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 No External Links 4K+ · 4.8★ (16) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Cyr-To-Lat 300K+ · 4.7★ (98) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 Mihdan: Yandex Turbo Feed 1K+ · 4.7★ (31) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 Lite Video Embed 1K+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Events Tracker for Elementor 9K+ · 4.5★ (48) wp.org #10 2 too low 9 ReCrawler 3K+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 Helper Lite for PageSpeed 2K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 True Lazy Analytics 5K+ · 4.7★ (11) wp.org #11 12 Mihdan: Ajax Edit Comments 300+ · 4.4★ (18) wp.org #18 6 too low 13 Tweaks for Elementor 300+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #16 3 too low 14 MyTracker 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 2 too high 15 Russian marketplaces for WooCommerce 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 1 too high 16 M Mihdan: Public Post Preview 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 1 too high 17 Mihdan: Dialogs For Yandex 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 18 Kinescope 100+ · 2.3★ (3) wp.org #13 ↑1 5 too high 19 Advanced Custom Fields: Position Field 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19

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.