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

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 “oracle”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 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 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

Tarot Card Oracle shows at wp.org #2 but places #7 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.4★ average from 5 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Relevanssi – A Better Search places #8 on merit, 4.8★ from 406 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WP Data Access – App Builder for Tables, Forms, Dashboards, Charts & Maps 10K+ · 4.9★ (88) wp.org #4 3 too low 2 Tarot, Oracle cards, Tarot readings, Tarokina 300+ · 5.0★ (22) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Oracle Cards Lite – Interactive Card Deck Plugin for WordPress 300+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 SAML Single Sign On – SSO Login 10K+ · 4.9★ (402) wp.org #9 5 too low 5 OAuth Single Sign On – SSO (OAuth Client) 6K+ · 4.9★ (327) wp.org #8 ↓1 3 too low 6 WP Server Health Stats 9K+ · 4.8★ (110) wp.org #6 7 Tarot Card Oracle 100+ · 3.4★ (5) wp.org #2 5 too high 8 Relevanssi – A Better Search 100K+ · 4.8★ (406) wp.org #24 16 too low 9 N Norse Rune Oracle Plugin 50+ · 4.7★ (6) wp.org #5 4 too high 10 O OneCode Login 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #7 ↑1 3 too high 11 DB-Views: Dashboards, Data Tables and Webforms 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 CAPI Suite: Meta Pixel, Pinterest & TikTok for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 13 InstaPunchout 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 Hedomi Tarot 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 Articla media offload lite for oracle cloud infrastructure — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 1 too low 16 Geweb AI Search 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 2 too low 17 Headless SSO Plugin for WP 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 3 too high 18 ConsensusPress AI Publisher — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too low 19 Frontend As Any User | Avoid any issue with Cloudflare full page cache — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 4 too high 20 Nahnu Asset Scanner 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 21 Sada Hisab Integration for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↑1 22 Login for Stripe Customer Portal | Stripe Billing Login Page | Magic Link Customer Account 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↑1 5 too high 23 PunchOut Rocket – CXML and OCI eProcurement integration — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↑1 1 too high 24 AnySync API Products for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 ↓2 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.