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

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 “pigeon”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 3 of the top 18. 3 plugins are 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Pigeon Express for WooCommerce 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #1 2 ShipBG for WooCommerce 20+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #4 ↓1 2 too low 3 Pigeon Paywall 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Speedy And Econt Shipping 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #3 ↑1 1 too high 5 BulCommerce 20+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #6 ↑2 1 too low 6 Pigeon Mail — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Pigeon SEO — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↓1 8 Pigeon Pack 10+ · 3.8★ (4) wp.org #14 6 too low 9 Pigeon Form — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↓1 1 too high 10 BG Couriers for WooCommerce 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↑1 1 too high 11 OrderGuard 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 1 too high 12 AV Solutions Courier Shipping for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 1 too high 13 Изпрати.БГ Shipping for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 Pigeon Affiliate Button — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 C Custom Event Espresso Event Displayer 10+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #18 3 too low 16 D DNWD Feedback — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 ExpressPigeon Subscription Form 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 18 Best Local SEO Tools, WordPress SEO Plugin 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 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.