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

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

Multiloca Lite – Multi Location Inventory Management for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #17 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 80+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.5★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Widgets for Google Reviews 1M+ · 4.9★ (2667) wp.org #1 2 Portfolio Filter Gallery – Photo Gallery 20K+ · 4.8★ (348) wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too low 3 Twenty20 Image Before-After 20K+ · 4.0★ (54) wp.org #2 ↓1 1 too high 4 Cost Calculator Builder 20K+ · 4.5★ (393) wp.org #5 ↑1 1 too low 5 Ultimate Responsive Image Slider 30K+ · 4.5★ (248) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 Before After Image Comparison – Visual Comparison for Two Images 3K+ · 4.2★ (12) wp.org #8 ↓3 2 too low 7 WP Before After Image Slider – Interactive Image and Video Comparison Plugin for WordPress 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 ↓1 3 too high 8 FrontBlocks Site Tools 500+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #12 ↓1 4 too low 9 Before After Image Compare — Gutenberg & Elementor 200+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #6 ↓2 3 too high 10 N Novex Demo Importer 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 11 Exindium Before/After Compare 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 ↓1 2 too high 12 VisualCompare – Before & After Slider 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 1 too low 13 A Anwar Before After Slider for Elementor 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 1 too low 14 Craft Addons for WPBakery Page Builder 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↓1 3 too high 15 Lukian.ai – AI Photo Enhancement — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 16 ActiveCalculator – Price Calculator Builder 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 17 2 2FOX4 Before After 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too low 18 Renovizzion Visualizer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓2 1 too low 19 Monetto Case Study Drafts — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 Softech Addons for Elementor 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 2 too low 21 PlexBlocks – Before After Image Comparison for block editor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓4 2 too low 22 I IOTAWEB – Bannière Information Énergétique — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓6 2 too low 23 A ojo – Instant Quote Widget for Service Businesses — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↓1 2 too high 24 Multiloca Lite – Multi Location Inventory Management for WooCommerce 80+ · 3.5★ (2) wp.org #17 ↓1 7 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.