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

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 “screencast”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Sales Igniter Rentals & Bookings Lite shows at wp.org #9 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 10+ 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.

Buried gem

XT Floating Cart for WooCommerce places #6 on merit, 4.6★ from 149 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WP Image Zoom 10K+ · 4.3★ (119) wp.org #1 2 HivePress – Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads Plugin 10K+ · 4.9★ (222) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 WP-Lister Lite for eBay 2K+ · 4.3★ (74) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Shortcode in Menus 50K+ · 4.7★ (82) wp.org #15 11 too low 5 Easy Appointments 10K+ · 4.3★ (131) wp.org #18 ↑1 13 too low 6 XT Floating Cart for WooCommerce 4K+ · 4.6★ (149) wp.org #20 14 too low 7 Static Site Exporter 400+ · 3.5★ (12) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 WP Cassify 900+ · 5.0★ (16) wp.org #17 9 too low 9 MathML Block 1K+ · 3.8★ (4) wp.org #5 ↓1 4 too high 10 wp-Monalisa 600+ · 4.8★ (25) wp.org #23 13 too low 11 Easy Support Videos – Embed videos in the admin 500+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #16 5 too low 12 Embed Consent 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 ↑1 8 too high 13 SRM Embed (Smart Report Maker) — · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #14 1 too low 14 Code Block – share beautiful code snippets readers can copy 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↑1 7 too high 15 Layout Recompiler for Brizy 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #19 ↓1 4 too low 16 Advanced Add To Cart for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #21 5 too low 17 Hello Dolly For Your Song 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 7 too high 18 iPad Rubberneck Disrupter 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 ↓1 10 too high 19 Spreadconnect 600+ · 2.8★ (9) wp.org #22 3 too low 20 Undergroundact Bug Reporter — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↑1 9 too high 21 Sales Igniter Rentals & Bookings Lite 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 ↑2 12 too high 22 Clevera — AI Tutorial Videos & Help Center — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓2 10 too high 23 Mathilda 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 10 too high 24 Site Demo Creator 10+ · 5.0★ (1) 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.