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

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 “sibling”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 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

Upload Media Exif Date shows at wp.org #9 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 200+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 P Page-list 30K+ · 4.7★ (89) wp.org #1 2 Simple Custom Post Order 300K+ · 4.8★ (588) wp.org #2 ↑2 3 CC Child Pages 9K+ · 4.9★ (49) wp.org #4 ↓2 1 too low 4 Bulk Media Register 8K+ · 4.5★ (22) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Moving Media Library 2K+ · 4.6★ (30) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 Advanced Sidebar Menu 10K+ · 4.5★ (37) wp.org #13 7 too low 7 Successful Redirection for Contact Form 10K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 The School Management – Education & Learning ERP 700+ · 4.5★ (15) wp.org #11 3 too low 9 Fast Etsy Listings 400+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #12 3 too low 10 Exif Caption 600+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 Ele Conditions for Elementor 2K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 Media from ZIP 600+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 6 too high 13 Genealogical Tree – Family Tree & Ancestry for WordPress 600+ · 4.1★ (16) wp.org #18 5 too low 14 Pattern CSS – The CSS Editor For Blocks 100+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #22 ↓1 8 too low 15 Better Section Navigation 600+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #16 ↓1 1 too low 16 Upload Media Exif Date 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 7 too high 17 UserAgent Themes Switcher 50+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #14 3 too high 18 Related Categories for WooCommerce 60+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #20 2 too low 19 UserAgent Content Switcher 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 ↑1 4 too high 20 WP Taxonomy Manager 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #23 3 too low 21 Moving Contents 50+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #19 2 too high 22 Bulk Page Duplicator 500+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 ZIP from Media 400+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↑1 2 too high 24 Exif Details 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 7 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.