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

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 “pronamic”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 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

Factuursturen integration shows at wp.org #13 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 10+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Pronamic Pay 2K+ · 4.8★ (84) wp.org #1 2 Pronamic Pay with Mollie for Gravity Forms 300+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Snazzy Maps 30K+ · 4.2★ (15) wp.org #16 13 too low 4 Pronamic Client 600+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 Pronamic Domain Mapping 90+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 Pronamic Pay with Mollie for Contact Form 7 100+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Pronamic Pay with Rabo Smart Pay for WooCommerce 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Pronamic Events 70+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 SalesFeed 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 1 too low 10 Orbis 10+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #20 10 too low 11 Pronamic Feed Images 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 12 Pronamic Pay with Mollie for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 4 too high 13 Pronamic Pay doneren met Mollie — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 Pronamic Pay with Mollie for Ninja Forms 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 5 too high 15 Ovas Connector — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 WPayme – Payment Forms, Donations & Subscriptions for PayPal & Razorpay — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 1 too high 17 Issuu PDF Sync 800+ · 2.3★ (9) wp.org #19 2 too low 18 Riverty Payments for Woocommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #18 19 Factuursturen integration 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 6 too high 20 Twinfield 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 2 too low 21 Pronamic Subscriptions 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 22 Rabo Smart Pay for WooCommerce 600+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #17 5 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.