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

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 “reporter”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 4 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

CSP Violation Reporter shows at wp.org #2 but places #6 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its 20+ 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 Code Snippets 1M+ · 4.7★ (510) wp.org #1 2 HandL UTM Grabber / Tracker 10K+ · 4.8★ (146) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 Marker.io – Visual Website Feedback 4K+ · 5.0★ (44) wp.org #3 4 Trusty Whistleblowing Solution 400+ · 5.0★ (15) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Polski for WooCommerce 60+ · 4.8★ (10) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 CSP Violation Reporter 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 4 too high 7 Hagakure – Yet Another Error Reporter 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 AI Search for WooCommerce – Semantic Search 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #11 ↓2 3 too low 9 Whistleblowing & Contact Form – Secure, Anonymous, Drag & Drop Builder 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 GranTech IP Firewall for AbuseIPDB 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 ↑3 2 too low 11 一介資男(Mxp.TW) 開發工具箱 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 4 too high 12 Undergroundact Bug Reporter — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 2 too high 13 Zypac Email Reporter — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓2 1 too low 14 Gift Reporter for MemberPress — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓2 1 too low 15 DocumentCloud 1K+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #13 ↓2 2 too high 16 L LanternHQ Bug Reporter — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓2 17 Hsmyv Advanced Post Excel Reporter — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 18 LinkSentry – Broken Content Reporter — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 19 Typo Reporter – Spelling & Proofreading — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 20 FixSeal – Visual Feedback & Bug Reporter — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 21 OnCue Liveblogging 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 22 PSBDx Smart Report Management — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 S Site Status Reporter — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓2 24 Product Profit Reporter — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1

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.