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

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 “sermon”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 3 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

sermon.net display shows at wp.org #8 but places #15 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 60+ 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 Advanced Sermons 1K+ · 4.7★ (22) wp.org #1 2 Church Content – Sermons, Events and More 3K+ · 4.9★ (49) wp.org #2 3 Automatic YouTube Gallery – Embed Auto-Updating YouTube Video Galleries, Feeds, Playlists & Channels 9K+ · 4.8★ (31) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 Church Admin 900+ · 4.7★ (17) wp.org #4 5 Mattytap Sermons 60+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 Cue by AudioTheme.com 5K+ · 4.7★ (36) wp.org #12 ↓3 6 too low 7 Sermon Library 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Tushiyah Sermon Audio Manager — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 Blocks For Sermon Manager — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓1 2 too low 10 Koinonia Link 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 Servantly Sermon Archive with YouTube Import and Live Detection — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓2 2 too low 12 IWS Interactive Church Sermon Notes — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 2 too low 13 Church Social 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↑13 3 too high 14 B Byte Sermons — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓3 1 too low 15 sermon.net display 60+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 7 too high 16 Sermons-NL — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓3 17 SermonIndex — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓3 18 Lectern — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓3 19 Kanzelbuch – Predigtarchiv für FeG-Gemeinden — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 20 PulpitKit — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 21 Bible Verse Tooltips – Prodigal Verse — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓5 22 Church Flow — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓5 23 iRadeo Audio Player — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓5 24 Seedcast Bulletin Library — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓5

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.