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

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 “quicktag”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 of the top 20. 3 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.

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Ranked above its merit

View All Post's Pages shows at wp.org #12 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

WP Editor places #7 on merit, 4.5★ from 95 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 Disable Gutenberg 500K+ · 5.0★ (735) wp.org #3 ↑1 2 too low 2 Black Studio TinyMCE Widget 200K+ · 4.8★ (191) wp.org #4 ↑1 2 too low 3 Post Snippets – Custom WordPress Code Snippets Customizer 20K+ · 4.6★ (93) wp.org #5 ↓2 2 too low 4 Enlighter – Customizable Syntax Highlighter 10K+ · 4.8★ (65) wp.org #8 4 too low 5 Quick Adsense 20K+ · 3.9★ (74) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Simple Comment Quicktags 60+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #1 5 too high 7 WP Editor 20K+ · 4.5★ (95) wp.org #21 14 too low 8 Quicktags for WP 100+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #2 6 too high 9 I Insert Pages 30K+ · 4.8★ (71) wp.org #23 14 too low 10 WP Russian Quicktags 50+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 A Automatically Paginate Posts 2K+ · 4.4★ (18) wp.org #24 13 too low 12 WP-Note 2019 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 5 too high 13 C Cosmo Block Edit Mode for ACF 1K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 14 BPOTech Custom Quicktags Manager — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 3 too high 15 TCD Classic Editor 6K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 5 too high 16 Insert Update Time — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 lecouponcopy — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 18 Easy Sitemap 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 3 too high 19 Rozmuar Classic Block Editing for Advanced Custom Fields — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too high 20 Tobidase Swipe LightBox — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too high 21 WaqFAQ for Products — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 V View All Post's Pages 100+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #12 10 too high 23 Keitai Emoji — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 1 too high 24 B Better Comments 10+ · 3.5★ (2) wp.org #14 10 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.