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

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 “organising”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 2 of the top 20. 3 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

AiO Podcast Studio: All-in-One Podcast Manager, Player & Publisher shows at wp.org #17 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its — 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 Code Snippets 1M+ · 4.7★ (510) wp.org #1 2 Chatbot for WordPress by Collect.chat ⚡️ 6K+ · 4.4★ (38) wp.org #2 3 EU VAT Assistant for WooCommerce 5K+ · 5.0★ (37) wp.org #15 12 too low 4 AI ChatBot for WordPress by AI BotKit – Live in 2 Minutes, No Code 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Saxon Email Marketing Center 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Dash Effortless Digital Asset Management 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 Melgab Project ToDo Board 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Simme Media Organiser — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 MediaTasker — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 W WP Headmaster 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #22 12 too low 11 Sportstats Cup Generator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 Formesign — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 2 too high 13 Tieraxo Asset Booster — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 Euphrenic Player Lite for YouTube — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 2 too high 15 base Angewandte Portfolio & Showroom — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 2 too high 16 Kitgenix Affiliate Link Manager — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 SFR Directory Map 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 1 too high 18 KoalaForms Contact and Registration Form Builder with AI — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too low 19 Plugin Organiser 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too high 20 Toristy — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 21 AiO Podcast Studio: All-in-One Podcast Manager, Player & Publisher — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 4 too high 22 Cornell Notes Gutenberg Block 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 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.