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

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 “phosphor”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 1 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Icon Element – Icon Pack for Elementor Page Builder (6718 icons) 40K+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #1 2 Mox Icons – Icon Pack for Elementor 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #2 3 Subtle Icons – SVG Icon Block Suite, Icon Picker & ACF Field 600+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #3 4 Under The Weather 60+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #7 ↑2 3 too low 5 N NGT Icon Collection (2000+ Bootstrap Icons, Phosphor Icons) 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 ↑1 1 too high 6 Apiro Icons 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too high 7 PaapiPlugin – Amazon Affiliate Product Boxes, Tables and Search 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 ↓2 2 too low 8 miLOGO — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 AinoBlocks – Gutenberg Website Builder Blocks 1K+ · 3.9★ (8) wp.org #24 ↓3 15 too low 10 Aculect Icon Library 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↑2 2 too high 11 Interactive World, Europe & US Maps – Atlas Maps 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓2 1 too high 12 Strands PDF Embed 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 1 too high 13 Mosne Button Icons — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 NSSD – Admin Menu Manager — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 Grinner Blocks 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↑6 1 too high 16 SScribe Export Site Pages 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↑7 1 too high 17 Arrival for Woo — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓2 1 too high 18 100Prints — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓2 1 too high 19 Shahin Analytics — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓2 1 too high 20 SpaceBay – Community, Activity Feed, Group Chat & Events 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↑4 1 too high 21 Blockwright Blocks — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓2 1 too high 22 P PetFashion Editorial Lightbox — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓4 1 too high 23 Consentfold — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 1 too high 24 Bevel Kit — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓4 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.