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

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

Better Smooth Scroll shows at wp.org #15 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 10+ installs carry it up the search order; its 2.5★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 All-in-one Sticky Floating Contact Form, Call, Click to Chat, and 50+ Social Icon Tabs – My Sticky Elements 40K+ · 4.9★ (542) wp.org #1 2 OSS Aliyun 3K+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #2 3 Sync QCloud COS 500+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Mine CloudVod 70+ · 4.6★ (10) wp.org #8 ↓1 4 too low 5 Socicon 200+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 WPCOM Member 1K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 3 too high 7 KODO Qiniu 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 ShareToSocial – Social Media Share Buttons & Sharing Icons 100+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #10 ↑1 2 too low 9 [凹凸曼]一键QQ登录 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↑1 2 too high 10 WDV About Me Widget 800+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #12 ↑1 2 too low 11 TAG / Keyword内链 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 Online Contact Widget-多合一在线客服插件 700+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓1 1 too high 13 [凹凸曼]内链关键词SEO 90+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 14 [凹凸曼]百度推送百度收录SEO 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 15 [凹凸曼]今日头条搜索自动收录 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↑1 2 too low 16 [凹凸曼] 一键采集微信文章 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓2 3 too low 17 USS Upyun 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 3 too low 18 WPAvatar 600+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↓1 2 too high 19 Realtimehot Weibo（微博热搜榜） 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 2 too low 20 Traffic/Crawler网站蜘蛛/访客记录 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↑1 2 too low 21 [凹凸曼]播放视频 90+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 2 too low 22 Better Smooth Scroll 10+ · 2.5★ (2) wp.org #15 ↑1 7 too high 23 WeChat微信公众号关键词回复 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 [凹凸曼]微信分享有图-WeChat Page Sharing 100+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #18 ↑1 6 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.