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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “movable type”

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 “movable type”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 of the top 20. 4 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

AllTerrain Photo Editor for OpenStation shows at wp.org #10 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 10+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

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Buried gem

Tako Movable Comments places #6 on merit, 4.8★ from 77 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Wicked Folders – Folder Organizer for Pages, Posts, and Custom Post Types 20K+ · 4.9★ (56) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Movable Type and TypePad Importer 20K+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Link Whisper Free 30K+ · 4.1★ (146) wp.org #13 ↓1 10 too low 4 Contextly Recommends 100+ · 3.8★ (23) wp.org #4 5 Easy Appointments 10K+ · 4.3★ (131) wp.org #12 ↓1 7 too low 6 T Tako Movable Comments 1K+ · 4.8★ (77) wp.org #19 13 too low 7 Creavi Appointment Booking Calendar 30+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #8 ↑7 1 too low 8 C Commons In A Box 20+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #16 8 too low 9 ActivityStream extension 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 6 too high 10 Digital Table of Contents 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 5 too high 11 Uplink Analytics Dashboard for Cabin 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 5 too high 12 EditRail — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 5 too high 13 G Global Meta Box Order 300+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #23 10 too low 14 Swift Commerce — Wishlists, Subscriptions & Cart Recovery for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 ↓1 15 Block Collections — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 6 too high 16 M Movable Type Login Skin — · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #24 8 too low 17 LotPress Inventory — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓1 6 too high 18 Igefilter — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 3 too high 19 AffiliLabs — Amazon & Digistore Product Review Affiliate Plugin Powered by AI — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 2 too high 20 Explorer Soft Admin Shell — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 2 too high 21 AllTerrain Photo Editor for OpenStation 10+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #10 ↓1 11 too high 22 WG Compareo — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 2 too high 23 U Unified Meta Box Order 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 2 too high 24 Jimmy Editor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 2 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.