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

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 “phpmyadmin”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 4 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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

BackupEase – Scheduled Backup, Restore & Site Migration shows at wp.org #18 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its 40+ 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 WP phpMyAdmin 40K+ · 4.6★ (58) wp.org #1 2 WP Migrate Lite – Migration Made Easy 200K+ · 4.2★ (317) wp.org #2 3 WP-DBManager 60K+ · 4.4★ (95) wp.org #3 4 404 Solution 10K+ · 4.9★ (44) wp.org #4 5 E Easy WP Cleaner 2K+ · 5.0★ (41) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 SQL Buddy – Database Management Made Easy 5K+ · 5.0★ (14) wp.org #10 ↓1 4 too low 7 Database Access with Adminer 1K+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 FlyDB – phpMyAdmin-Like Database Explorer for WordPress 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 3 too high 9 DB Viewer 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 ABCode Database Exporter 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↑1 1 too high 11 Trinity Backup – Backup, Migrate, Restore, Clone & Schedule Backups 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 12 StoreLink for Minecraft by MrDino 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 13 Kavin Site Backup and Migration 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↑1 14 404 to 301 – Logs Exporter 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 1 too low 15 Linksy Search and Replace 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 1 too low 16 Ultimate WP DB Manager – WordPress Database Backup, Cleanup & Optimize 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 1 too low 17 Naqil Backup & Migrate 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↓1 3 too high 18 CompatShield WP Site Auditor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too low 19 Janric Simple Attack Monitor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 Dragon Ecommerce Plugin for WordPress — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 2 too low 21 REC Event Creator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↑1 2 too low 22 BackupEase – Scheduled Backup, Restore & Site Migration 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 4 too high 23 LaunchWP 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1 1 too low 24 SolverGuard Spam Shield — Anti-Spam, Bot & Login Protection 30+ · 0.0★ (0) 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.