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

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 “rent”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 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

Property Hive Rental Yield Calculator shows at wp.org #7 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 400+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

HivePress – Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads Plugin places #5 on merit, 4.9★ from 222 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Booking and Rental Manager for Bike | Car | Resort | Appointment | Dress | Equipment 1K+ · 4.4★ (33) wp.org #1 2 VikRentCar Car Rental Management System 4K+ · 4.8★ (30) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 WP Simple Booking Calendar 10K+ · 4.8★ (227) wp.org #6 3 too low 4 MultiVendorX – WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace AI Powered Solutions 2K+ · 4.8★ (432) wp.org #10 ↑1 6 too low 5 HivePress – Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads Plugin 10K+ · 4.9★ (222) wp.org #19 ↑1 14 too low 6 WP Booking System – Booking Calendar 10K+ · 4.9★ (344) wp.org #17 11 too low 7 Knit Pay – Cashfree, Instamojo, Razorpay, PayPal and more 2K+ · 4.9★ (100) wp.org #20 ↓1 13 too low 8 Easy Booking – WooCommerce Booking & Reservation Plugin 4K+ · 4.7★ (63) wp.org #12 ↓2 4 too low 9 Listings for Appfolio 200+ · 4.4★ (21) wp.org #11 ↑1 2 too low 10 VikRentItems Flexible Rental Management System 600+ · 4.0★ (8) wp.org #5 5 too high 11 Booqable Rental Plugin 1K+ · 4.2★ (10) wp.org #8 3 too high 12 Rent Fetch 70+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 8 too high 13 Рекламная платформа Native Rent 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 11 too high 14 MotoPress Hotel Booking 10K+ · 3.7★ (65) wp.org #23 9 too low 15 Cost Calculator for Contact Form 7 – Price Calculator Free 5K+ · 3.8★ (15) wp.org #14 ↑1 1 too high 16 Tourfic – AI Powered Travel Booking, Hotel Booking & Car Rental 1K+ · 4.1★ (16) wp.org #18 2 too low 17 SureDash – Community, Courses & Member Dashboard 1K+ · 4.3★ (23) wp.org #24 7 too low 18 Twice Commerce – Easy Rental Booking System 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 9 too high 19 Property Hive Rental Yield Calculator 400+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 12 too high 20 SUBRE – Product Subscription for WooCommerce – Recurring Payments 200+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #21 1 too low 21 Knit Pay Pro – Mercado Pago, CCAvenue, Easebuzz, Thawani 200+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #22 1 too low 22 Cost Calculator for Elementor 500+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 9 too high 23 Property Hive Rental Affordability Calculator 400+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 8 too high 24 WooCommerce Accommodation Bookings 1K+ · 2.1★ (16) wp.org #16 8 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.