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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “ms logic”

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 “ms logic”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 of the top 20.

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

NEX-Forms ADD ON – Digital Signatures shows at wp.org #7 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 500+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. places #5 on merit, 4.7★ from 2215 reviews, but shows at wp.org #22. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 NEX-Forms – Ultimate Forms Plugin for WordPress 5K+ · 4.1★ (135) wp.org #1 2 Newsletters 2K+ · 4.7★ (246) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 HIPAA Compliant Forms with Drag’n’Drop HIPAA Form Builder. Sign HIPAA documents 400+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Child Theme Configurator 300K+ · 4.7★ (280) wp.org #13 9 too low 5 Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. 200K+ · 4.7★ (2215) wp.org #22 17 too low 6 Wise Chat 4K+ · 4.4★ (105) wp.org #12 6 too low 7 Photo Gallery by Ays – Responsive Image Gallery 1K+ · 4.8★ (19) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 HashBar – Announcement, Notification Bar & Popup Campaign 9K+ · 4.2★ (38) wp.org #11 3 too low 9 Booking System Trafft 400+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #4 5 too high 10 Scry Search: Meilisearch for WordPress 40+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #5 5 too high 11 WP Engine GeoTarget 300+ · 3.6★ (15) wp.org #16 5 too low 12 ProProfs Chat- Live Chat & Chatbot Plugin 100+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #19 7 too low 13 Sticky Copy Button for Code Blocks 50+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #10 3 too high 14 NEX-Forms ADD ON – Form Themes 1K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 8 too high 15 Acadlix LMS – AI Quiz Maker, Online Exam & Course Plugin for WordPress 40+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #15 16 NEX-Forms ADD ON – Digital Signatures 500+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 9 too high 17 Kabook Auto Schema & Accordion for Rank Math 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 8 too high 18 NEX-Forms ADD ON – Zapier Integration 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 4 too high 19 Static Cache Wrangler 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 Init User Engine – Gamified, Fast, Frontend-First 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 3 too high 21 Import Excel to Gravity Forms 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 2 too low 22 REDSHAPE Easy Labels 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 4 too high 23 Spelhubben Weather 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 TaxiAppli Réservations — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 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.