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

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 “navi”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 4 of the top 19. 5 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.

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Ranked above its merit

WP Select Box Navi shows at wp.org #15 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its 10+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Floating Social Share Icons and Social Share buttons – Next Previous Post Links – FL 200+ · 4.7★ (73) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Atarim – AI Agency for WordPress: Edit Pages, Fix Code, Update Plugins, SEO & Client Feedback 1K+ · 4.9★ (126) wp.org #3 ↑2 1 too low 3 Simplistic page navi 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 Naviplus Menu Builder — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 ↓1 5 A Attendance Manager 700+ · 4.4★ (5) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 Saito Navi — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too high 7 N Navi AI Product Chat Bot — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 PIIP – PII Protection — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 I Inline Navi 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 4 too low 10 P Pagebar2 800+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 DocumentCloud 1K+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 feuerball3D – 360° animations — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 1 too high 13 hello_navi 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 B Bhutanese Calendar — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 2 too low 15 Z zNavCarousel 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 3 too low 16 F Fupa.Net Widget Shortcode 90+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 R Rbl-Navigator 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↑2 18 2 2046's Loop widget 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↓2 1 too low 19 W WP Select Box Navi 10+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #15 4 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.