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

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 “poetry”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 of the top 20. 2 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.

Ranked above its merit

SEUR Oficial shows at wp.org #10 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 14 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Payment Gateway for Redsys & WooCommerce Lite places #2 on merit, 4.9★ from 87 reviews, but shows at wp.org #6. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Index WP MySQL For Speed 50K+ · 4.8★ (99) wp.org #1 2 Payment Gateway for Redsys & WooCommerce Lite 20K+ · 4.9★ (87) wp.org #6 4 too low 3 AccessibleWP – Accessibility Toolbar 10K+ · 4.5★ (47) wp.org #7 4 too low 4 Menu Visibility Control 700+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 Classic Visual Editor Options 1K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #4 ↑1 1 too high 6 BNE Testimonials 1K+ · 4.9★ (28) wp.org #15 9 too low 7 Reorder Terms 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 4 too high 8 Lineate — Poetry Blocks 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 ↓1 3 too high 9 Redact — Blackout & Erasure Poetry — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 Fale Hafez 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 Envato Toolkit 5K+ · 2.8★ (9) wp.org #18 7 too low 12 Expandable FAQ 40+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #19 7 too low 13 Galaktion Tabidze — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 E Edebiyat Yarışmaları Widget — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↑1 2 too high 15 bbboing 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 2 too high 16 S Subbub — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 Benefits 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #21 4 too low 18 Gaudério 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 1 too high 19 Lyrics 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 3 too low 20 SimpleSocial 100+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #16 4 too high 21 Deals 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 E Embed GoogleDrive Audios 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 P Profile Xtra 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 SEUR Oficial 1K+ · 1.0★ (2) wp.org #10 14 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.