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

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 “smm”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 1 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Quiz Maker by AYS 20K+ · 4.9★ (601) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 Poll Maker by AYS – Versus Polls, Anonymous Polls, Image Polls 6K+ · 4.4★ (91) wp.org #5 3 too low 3 SMM API 50+ · 4.3★ (12) wp.org #2 ↓1 1 too high 4 Panelhelper – SMM Panel API tool 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Panelora — SMM Reseller for WooCommerce 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 FLEX SMM & SEO — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 7 Neofollower – SMM Reseller API for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 8 P Pars Hukuk – Yasal Hesaplama — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 1 too low 9 Flex SSL 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 1 too low 10 IntelliDesc – AI Product Descriptions for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 ↑1 2 too high 11 Flex Fields 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 12 Flex Forms 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 13 Flex Redirects — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 14 Flex Translate — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↑1 15 Flex Shortcodes — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 16 Flex Cache — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 Flex SMTP — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 18 Flex Maintenance — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 Flex Website Security — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 20 M MksDdn Forms Handler 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 1 too low 21 Tip My Work – HostJane Payments — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 П Партнёрский виджет Твайт.ру — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22

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.