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

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 “resizer”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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

Font Resizer with A+, A, A- shows at wp.org #12 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 30+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Gmedia Photo Gallery places #5 on merit, 4.3★ from 260 reviews, but shows at wp.org #13. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Zeno Font Resizer 5K+ · 4.6★ (20) wp.org #1 2 Image Optimizer, Resizer and CDN – Sirv 900+ · 4.9★ (265) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 Schema & Structured Data for WP & AMP 100K+ · 4.5★ (252) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 Accessibility Font Resizer 800+ · 4.0★ (13) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 Gmedia Photo Gallery 7K+ · 4.3★ (260) wp.org #13 8 too low 6 Images to WebP 9K+ · 4.4★ (32) wp.org #9 3 too low 7 Better image sizes 2K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #7 8 ImageRecycle pdf & image compression 1K+ · 4.5★ (26) wp.org #18 10 too low 9 Schema Package – Structured Data & Rich Snippets Tool for SEO 200+ · 4.8★ (20) wp.org #23 14 too low 10 Embeds for YouTube 9K+ · 4.2★ (24) wp.org #21 11 too low 11 Simple Font Resizer 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 8 too high 12 Mortar for Bricks Builder 300+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #10 2 too high 13 App Builder – Create Native Android & iOS Apps On The Flight 500+ · 3.9★ (8) wp.org #14 1 too low 14 Post Auto Vertical Scrolling 90+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #15 1 too low 15 TuriTop Booking System 500+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #11 4 too high 16 Mass Resizer 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 10 too high 17 Download PDF After Submit Form 400+ · 3.2★ (6) wp.org #17 18 Font Resize With Post Reading Time [GWE] 80+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 10 too high 19 AAWEB Advanced Image Resizer 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 3 too high 20 F FWS On-Demand-Resizer 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too high 21 Yangra Image Resizer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 ReadEase: Text Resizer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 WCAG Admin Accessibility Tools 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Font Resizer with A+, A, A- 30+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #12 12 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.