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

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 “prescriptions”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 1 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Simply Schedule Appointments 50K+ · 5.0★ (155) wp.org #1 2 File Uploads Addon for WooCommerce 4K+ · 3.7★ (27) wp.org #2 3 Maximum Products per User for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.6★ (42) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 Eyewear prescription form 10+ · 4.6★ (10) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Lenses Prescription 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 RxCompliant for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 7 Prescription for WooCommerce – Medical Prescription Upload & Pharmacy Order Approval — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↓1 1 too low 8 Rexivue Lens Prescription for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 1 too low 9 APL – Auto-Pickup Locations for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 ↑1 2 too high 10 Auglio Try-on Mirror 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 11 Farmaci IGEA — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 1 too low 12 Optogrid Eyeglasses for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 1 too low 13 Dermatriq – Dermatology Clinic Management System — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too low 14 Hospital Booking & Clinic Management System – Doctor Appointment Plugin by KrishnaDas — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 3 too high 15 DevBoys Appointment Booking for Clinics — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 16 Buildora File Attachment — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 M Media Medigap Contact Wizard — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 18 Doctor Appointment Booking & Clinic Management – Alnora — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 Mustkit Intent & CRO for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 20 Chris’s Swim Training Progress and Evaluation — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 21 C Carb planner for runners — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 22 ManageGlut – Management System Builder for School, CRM, POS & Inventory — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 23 BSX File Exchange — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 24 HWG Check — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓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.