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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “monaco editor”

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 “monaco editor”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 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

VIESAC – Free VAT Validation for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #5 but places #14 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 20+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ · 4.8★ (612) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Custom HTML Block Extension 7K+ · 5.0★ (13) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Real Testimonials – Testimonial Slider, Collect Customer Reviews and Video Testimonials 40K+ · 4.7★ (226) wp.org #6 ↓1 3 too low 4 WC – APG NIF/CIF/NIE Field 10K+ · 4.8★ (23) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 WindPress – Tailwind CSS integration for WordPress 3K+ · 5.0★ (37) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 U Urvanov Syntax Highlighter 3K+ · 4.5★ (19) wp.org #9 ↓1 3 too low 7 HTML5 Maps 4K+ · 4.6★ (45) wp.org #16 ↓1 9 too low 8 Builderius – Landing Page Builder + Dynamic Templates 200+ · 5.0★ (16) wp.org #18 ↓1 10 too low 9 Instant CSS 3K+ · 4.9★ (15) wp.org #20 ↓1 11 too low 10 BeyondSEO – AI SEO to Improve Rankings, Listings & Online Visibility 20K+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #8 ↓1 2 too high 11 Brilliant Web-to-Lead for Salesforce 2K+ · 4.4★ (38) wp.org #21 ↓1 10 too low 12 DBlocks CodePro 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 8 too high 13 DataPress (Dataverse Integration) 90+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #17 ↓1 4 too low 14 VIESAC – Free VAT Validation for WooCommerce 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 ↑1 9 too high 15 REEID Builder Integrity — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 5 too high 16 Winden — Tailwind CSS Compiler with Full WordPress Integration 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 ↓1 4 too high 17 Markdown with Block Editor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓1 6 too high 18 Debug Suite — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 5 too high 19 Pointwise Summary – AI-Powered TLDR, AI Summarize & Social Sharing — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 5 too high 20 W WHA Tours Core — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 5 too high 21 Developer Pack 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too low 22 Teamgate CRM Forms for WordPress 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 3 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.