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

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 “municipalities”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 4 of the top 20. 2 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

Revisual – Event Communication for Google Calendar & Outlook shows at wp.org #18 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its 10+ 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 MapGeo – Interactive Geo Maps 30K+ · 4.4★ (65) wp.org #2 ↓1 1 too low 2 Campi Moduli Italiani 400+ · 4.7★ (6) wp.org #1 ↑4 1 too high 3 Wetterwarner 500+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too low 4 ANAC XML Bandi di Gara 500+ · 4.9★ (17) wp.org #8 4 too low 5 ANAC XML Viewer 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #3 ↓1 2 too high 6 Amministrazione Aperta 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #6 7 GovernDocs Document Management – Agenda, Minutes, Meetings, Reports & more 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 ↓1 2 too high 8 K Kosovo Region Addon 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #11 ↓1 3 too low 9 Colciudades – Ciudades de Colombia para WooCommerce 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 Block & Optimize PDFs – PDF.dk 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 E Employed Jobs Importer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↑1 1 too low 12 MatrixMap – Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Store Locator & World Maps 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 ↑1 2 too high 13 B Bex Courier Integration 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↑2 2 too low 14 Saturne Démarches 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 ↑1 1 too high 15 tuziemia – oferty działek — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↑1 1 too high 16 Sardinia POI – Sardinia points of interest for WordPress 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↑1 1 too low 17 Nepal Dependent Address Dropdown — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↑1 2 too low 18 flatin.pt — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↑1 2 too low 19 WPack Paiement public pour PayFiP — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 3 too high 20 Japan Clickable Map 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↑1 1 too low 21 Celery Shipping – Ciudades de Colombia y Envíos Personalizados — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↑1 1 too low 22 Postali — Códigos postales de México — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 Revisual – Event Communication for Google Calendar & Outlook 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 ↑1 5 too high 24 Location Finder – Store Locator & Resource Directory — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 1 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.