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

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 “nautical”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 2 of the top 17. 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Booking Activities 3K+ · 5.0★ (121) wp.org #1 2 WP GPX Maps 4K+ · 4.1★ (59) wp.org #2 ↑8 3 S SolarDawn Sunrise & Sunset Widget 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 ↓1 4 PCIO VIS Boat — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 ↓1 5 Zmanim WP — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 ↓1 6 RockScience Marine Chart Viewer for NOAA ENC — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↓1 1 too low 7 Cubit Calculator Number Grid — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 ↓1 1 too high 8 SunnyTracker Widgets — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↓1 9 P PeakMaps — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 10 Bg BTime 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 2 too low 11 Treweler Map Builder 80+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 ↓1 1 too high 12 Odysseo Core — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 2 too low 13 S Signal Flags 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 2 too low 14 crouton 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 3 too high 15 C Custom Unit Converter Widget 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 1 too low 16 Navionics WebAPI v2 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 3 too high 17 A AviationWeather Plugin 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17

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.