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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “pic time”

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 “pic time”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 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.

Ranked above its merit

VideoADShtml5 shows at wp.org #11 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 10+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons places #6 on merit, 4.9★ from 1911 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Live Chat by Formilla – Real-time Chat & Chatbots Plugin 2K+ · 4.8★ (116) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Social Feed Gallery 80K+ · 4.5★ (303) wp.org #6 4 too low 3 Easy Image Collage 3K+ · 4.7★ (22) wp.org #3 4 WP Plugin Info Card – Showcase Beautiful Plugin Cards, Theme Cards, and GitHub Repos Anywhere 400+ · 5.0★ (23) wp.org #4 5 Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons 100K+ · 4.8★ (5333) wp.org #15 ↓1 10 too low 6 Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons 10K+ · 4.9★ (1911) wp.org #17 ↑1 11 too low 7 Pic-Time Connect 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #1 6 too high 8 Clone 40K+ · 4.1★ (339) wp.org #12 4 too low 9 UiChemy – Convert Figma, Prompts and AI Builds to Elementor, Gutenberg and Bricks 8K+ · 5.0★ (15) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 Dynamic User Directory 1K+ · 4.8★ (38) wp.org #14 ↑1 4 too low 11 rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress 7K+ · 3.7★ (152) wp.org #19 ↑1 8 too low 12 P PiwigoPress 200+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #13 1 too low 13 Unlimited Photos – Unsplash images 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 8 too high 14 Rapls PDF Image Creator – PDF Thumbnails & Featured Images 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #18 ↓1 4 too low 15 Ultimate Member – Online Users 3K+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #7 8 too high 16 JNE Shipping – Plugin Ongkos Kirim Resmi Untuk WooCommerce 90+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 7 too high 17 Partyline: Reader-Submitted Stories for Local News and Magazines 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 7 too high 18 Super Social Content Locker Lite 30+ · 3.4★ (5) wp.org #22 4 too low 19 Stats4U — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 3 too high 20 J JournalPress 100+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #21 1 too low 21 GothAmazon 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 2 too low 22 Wax Store Catalog — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 Linet ERP Integration For Woocommerce 70+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↓1 3 too high 24 VideoADShtml5 10+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #11 13 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.