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

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 “pregnancy”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 5 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

LMP Pregnancy Calculator shows at wp.org #8 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 50+ installs carry it up the search order; its 2.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Formidable Forms – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, Payment, Calculator Form & Custom Form Builder places #2 on merit, 4.8★ from 1387 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WP Pregnancy & Ovulation Calculator 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #1 2 Formidable Forms – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, Payment, Calculator Form & Custom Form Builder 300K+ · 4.8★ (1387) wp.org #21 19 too low 3 Calculator Builder – Create an Online Calculator 1K+ · 4.7★ (18) wp.org #9 ↑1 6 too low 4 Cost Calculator for Contact Form 7 – Price Calculator Free 5K+ · 3.8★ (15) wp.org #4 5 Smart Pregnancy Calculator Suite 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #2 3 too high 6 WPC Badge Management for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #5 ↑1 1 too high 7 Cost Calculator for Elementor 500+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #3 4 too high 8 Ovulation Calculator 200+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #6 ↓1 2 too high 9 CFF Fitness and Health Operations 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 lamoud-Pregnancy-Calculator 70+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 4 too low 11 HTS Labs Pregnancy Calculator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 2 too low 12 FitCalc – Health Calculators & Wellness Tools 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 3 too low 13 S Slodds Baby Name Generator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 3 too low 14 Health & Fitness Calculators Suite 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 3 too low 15 Clearblue® Due Date Calculator 100+ · 3.3★ (3) wp.org #23 8 too low 16 Hacé Cuentas — Calculadoras — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 2 too low 17 FitNFO Lite — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 2 too low 18 Pregnancy Calculator 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 6 too high 19 Boma Pet Nutrition Pro — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 Cost Calculator for WPForms 100+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #10 ↓1 10 too high 21 Menstrual Cycle Calculator 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 1 too low 22 Dresium – AI Virtual Try-On & Fitting Room for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 Global Body Mass Index Calculator 30+ · 3.0★ (3) wp.org #11 12 too high 24 LMP Pregnancy Calculator 50+ · 2.0★ (2) wp.org #8 16 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.