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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “school routine”

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 “school routine”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 4 of the top 20. 2 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

FV Player 8 shows at wp.org #5 but places #15 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 3D FlipBook – PDF Embedder, PDF Flipbook Viewer, Flipbook Image Gallery 70K+ · 4.8★ (182) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 The School Management – Education & Learning ERP 700+ · 4.5★ (15) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Educare – Students & Result Management System 600+ · 4.6★ (24) wp.org #3 4 IMPress for IDX Broker 7K+ · 3.1★ (34) wp.org #8 4 too low 5 SkooliPress – School Management System 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 Zorachat – AI Chatbot, Live Chat & WooCommerce Assistant, Meta Support — · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #16 10 too low 7 Curtain Raiser for Inaugural Ceremony 90+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 BotPenguin – Generative AI Chatbot with Live Chat & ChatGPT 600+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 1 too low 9 SK ePaper Manager 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 Sudwire Newsroom – Local News from Official Sources 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 2 too low 11 TradeSchool Manager — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 2 too low 12 Nizamiye — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 2 too low 13 Customer Cloud Gallery – Google Drive & Dropbox Image Gallery 70+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 Student Result Management System 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 4 too high 15 FV Player 8 1K+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #5 10 too high 16 Logify – Activity Log, Audit Log, Event Log & User Activity Tracking 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 1 too high 17 Timetable — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 18 Servantly Ask – Private Q&A with Spam-Blocking Moderation — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 BMA Lite – Appointment Booking and Scheduling 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 20 InnovativeK Terminplaner — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 21 Amitry Link Hub – Link in Bio, QR Code & Landing Page — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 22 WPBR Bulk Replace — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 Resourcemanager — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 24 Donation Amount Tracker — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24

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.