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

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 “parking”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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

Host Domination Welcome Book: Free Digital Guest Guide for Vacation Rentals, B&Bs & Hotels shows at wp.org #5 but places #11 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 20+ 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 signals wp.org

Tickera – Sell Tickets & Manage Events 2K+ · 4.5★ (292) wp.org #3 1 too low 3

Copy Anything to Clipboard for WordPress – Copy Button, Copy Text & Copy Code 10K+ · 4.5★ (36) wp.org #4 1 too low 4

Live Chat by Formilla – Real-time Chat & Chatbots Plugin 2K+ · 4.8★ (116) wp.org #7 ↓1 3 too low 5

Booking Calendar Contact Form 500+ · 3.6★ (32) wp.org #9 ↓1 4 too low 6

Live Event Seating Lite – Seating Chart, Floor Plan, RSVP & Event Ticket 40+ · 5.0★ (12) thin reviews wp.org #14 ↓1 8 too low 7

ParkingPro Booking Widgets 100+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #2 5 too high 8

Interactive Real Estate – Floor Plan & Building Visualizer 30+ · 5.0★ (6) thin reviews wp.org #12 ↑3 4 too low 9

CultBooking Hotel Booking Engine 100+ · 4.6★ (11) closure risk thin reviews wp.org #24 15 too low 10

Host Domination Booking Engine: Calendar Sync & Reservation System 100+ · 5.0★ (4) thin reviews wp.org #17 7 too low 11

Host Domination Welcome Book: Free Digital Guest Guide for Vacation Rentals, B&Bs & Hotels 20+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #5 ↑4 6 too high 12

Hotel Guest Guide – Hotelness 10+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #6 ↓1 6 too high 13

Archivarix Broken Links Recovery 200+ · 4.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #8 ↓1 5 too high 14

Floorplans – Lite 10+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #10 4 too high 15

EstateCraft – Real Estate Listings & Portal 10+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #11 4 too high 16

ParkFlow.io – Parking Booking Widget 20+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #16 17

SuperBooking — · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #13 ↓1 4 too high 18

EMB Buchungskalender & Reservierungen 10+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #18 19

Evenzo – Event Tickets, Calendar and Check-in for WooCommerce 30+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #19 ↑1 20

MatrixMap – Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Store Locator & World Maps 200+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #15 ↓1 5 too high 21

ParkSystem — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too high 22

Tom Volz Guest Guide Manager — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #22 23

DayQuanta Date Difference for Forminator — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews wp.org #23 24

Ananyoo Accessible Events — · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #21 3 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.