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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “occupancy plan”

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 “occupancy plan”, 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

Stachethemes Seat Planner Lite shows at wp.org #5 but places #9 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its 80+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS 8K+ · 4.8★ (61) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Occupancy Plan 100+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce – Sell Tickets, Event Registration, RSVP & Event Calendar 7K+ · 4.5★ (167) wp.org #3 4 Yatra – Travel Booking & Tour Operator Software 600+ · 4.7★ (23) wp.org #7 3 too low 5 Tourfic – AI Powered Travel Booking, Hotel Booking & Car Rental 1K+ · 4.1★ (16) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 Hotel Booking for WooCommerce 100+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 CultBooking Hotel Booking Engine 100+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #13 6 too low 8 Booking System Trafft 400+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 Stachethemes Seat Planner Lite 80+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #5 4 too high 10 Flavor – Restaurant Menu & Table Reservations 100+ · 4.0★ (3) wp.org #10 11 Bookyt Rental Software 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 Playard — Sports Facility Booking System for Courts, Fields, Pitches, Venues and More 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 1 too high 13 Webtech Beach Reservation Manager Lite — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 Serenity Booking — Appointment, Class & Consultation Scheduling 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 15 WebTech Hotel Revenue Manager for VikBooking — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 16 Flexatech Stay Suite — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 Domilocus — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 18 BookingFacil Reservations for Accommodations — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 S Saksh WP Hotel Booking Lite — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 20 LeaseFox — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 21 AP One-Place Studies – Parish & Village Record Studies — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 22 Assistify for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 1 too low 23 ChairIt – Salon Booking & Appointment Scheduling — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1 1 too low 24 Gym Class Pass Manager — · 5.0★ (1) 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.