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

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 “scripture”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 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

BibleAsk – Verse Tooltip shows at wp.org #14 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its — 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 Logos Reftagger 10K+ · 4.8★ (15) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 BibleLink Multilingual 300+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Advanced Sermons 1K+ · 4.7★ (22) wp.org #6 3 too low 4 Visual Bible Verse of the Day Widget 1K+ · 4.0★ (3) wp.org #1 3 too high 5 ESV CrossReference Tool 500+ · 4.0★ (6) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 Verse of the Day Widget for WP 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 VerseLinker 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Bible Reading Plans 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 9 Truth 80+ · 4.0★ (9) wp.org #22 13 too low 10 TBS Scripture Tagger — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓1 1 too low 11 BibleBridge 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 ↑3 2 too high 12 Quote Blocks 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓1 13 BibleUp 60+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #17 4 too low 14 Literal Word BibleTagger 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 ↓1 4 too high 15 Bible Verse Tooltips – Prodigal Verse — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 16 PrimeBible Verse Preview 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 Tushiyah Sermon Audio Manager — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 4 too high 18 Lectern — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 BibleAsk – Verse Tooltip — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 5 too high 20 Bible Daily Reading Plan 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too high 21 Hidden Word Bible Lessons — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 Sermon Library — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 1 too high 23 B Byte Sermons — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 24 Servantly Sermon Archive with YouTube Import and Live Detection — · 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.