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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “ring phone”

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 “ring phone”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 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.

Ranked above its merit

Keyideas Jewelry Customizer – Diamond Ring Builder & Engagement Rings for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #3 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 10+ 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

Prime Slider – Hero Slider, Carousel, WooCommerce & Post Slider Elementor Addons places #7 on merit, 4.5★ from 82 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 3CX Free Live Chat, Calls & Messaging 100K+ · 4.6★ (820) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Byteplant Phone Validator 100+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 WP Call Button – Easy Click to Call Button for WordPress 40K+ · 4.7★ (69) wp.org #6 3 too low 4 BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Five Star Restaurant Menu and Food Ordering 5K+ · 4.6★ (107) wp.org #10 5 too low 6 Atlant Security 700+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #9 3 too low 7 Prime Slider – Hero Slider, Carousel, WooCommerce & Post Slider Elementor Addons 100K+ · 4.5★ (82) wp.org #24 17 too low 8 Oliver POS – WooCommerce POS for iPhone, iPad & Android 700+ · 4.2★ (90) wp.org #16 8 too low 9 GutSlider – All in One Slider and Carousel Blocks for Gutenberg 6K+ · 4.9★ (14) wp.org #14 5 too low 10 PopupRoulette 200+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #7 3 too high 11 CF7 Mate – Contact Form 7 Styler, Multi-Step Forms & Conditional Logic 20K+ · 3.9★ (46) wp.org #19 8 too low 12 MW Messenger Button 20+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #13 1 too low 13 GemFind Ring Builder 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 9 too high 14 Business Card Block – present your team and contact info in style 1K+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #8 6 too high 15 Squad Modules Lite – Free Divi 5 & Divi 4 Modules for Divi Builder 1K+ · 5.0★ (12) wp.org #20 5 too low 16 Keyideas Jewelry Customizer – Diamond Ring Builder & Engagement Rings for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 13 too high 17 FooSales – Point of Sale (POS) for WooCommerce 600+ · 3.2★ (13) wp.org #12 5 too high 18 Ultimate Form – Multi-Step Form Builder, Conversion Analytics & Lead Forms 60+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #18 19 Lexiata XSlider 600+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 8 too high 20 Ultimate Cursor – Interactive and Animated Custom Cursor and Background Effects Toolkit 3K+ · 4.5★ (4) wp.org #21 1 too low 21 Webtechtut09 Site Kit 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 6 too high 22 Eventful for Elementor – Events Showcase for The Events Calendar 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 WS Scale Ring Size — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 6 too high 24 Survey Form Block 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 2 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.