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

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 “pictogram”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 4 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.

Buried gem

Simple Social Icons places #1 on merit, 4.3★ from 92 reviews, but shows at wp.org #8. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Simple Social Icons 100K+ · 4.3★ (92) wp.org #8 ↑1 7 too low 2 WP-Lister Lite for eBay 2K+ · 4.3★ (74) wp.org #9 ↑1 7 too low 3 Sohaus Clean Emoji Slugs 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 too high 4 Rampedigitale GPSR Guard — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #2 ↑1 2 too high 5 AIActify Compliance — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 ↑2 2 too high 6 Durabl.io – Indice de durabilité & réparabilité for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 ↑2 2 too high 7 R RomCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 ↓1 2 too high 8 Food Labels PDF for WooCommerce – Allergens, Batch & Expiry by La Terreta — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 ↑1 2 too high 9 WP Fontallic Easypromoweb 40+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #14 ↑1 5 too low 10 Store Locator Widget Block — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↑1 3 too high 11 Send Chat Tools 70+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #13 ↑1 2 too low 12 AGEC Ready – AGEC Compliance for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↑1 2 too high 13 PRBLEM Airmail Notice — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↑2 2 too high 14 Tlloancy Step Configurator for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 2 too high 15 PAU, Plugin Accessibility Universal 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↑1 16 Easy Read and Pictograms blocks for Gutenberg — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↑1 17 Degree of Difficulty for Sensei 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↑1 18 U Ubuntu sidebar 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↑1 19 L Lubuntu sidebar lite — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↑1 20 D Debian sidebar lite — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↑2 21 D Debian sidebar — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↑2 22 U Ubuntu sidebar lite — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 23 E Easy Font Icons 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 ↑1

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.