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

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 “soccer”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 7 of the top 20. 4 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

AZScore: Live Score and football fixures and results shows at wp.org #9 but places #14 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its 100+ 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 SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager 10K+ · 4.7★ (369) wp.org #1 2 JoomSport – for Sports: Team & League, Football, Hockey & more 1K+ · 4.9★ (44) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 AnWP Football Leagues 700+ · 4.9★ (14) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 WP Club Manager – WordPress Sports Club Plugin 600+ · 4.7★ (40) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 ProScores – Live Scores 800+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #2 3 too high 6 W World Cup Predictor 100+ · 5.0★ (25) wp.org #10 4 too low 7 BZScore – Live Score 500+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #7 8 Sport Predictions for JoomSport 50+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 Scratch & Win – Giveaways and Contests. Boost subscribers, traffic, repeat visits, referrals, sales and more 100+ · 4.7★ (30) wp.org #16 ↓3 7 too low 10 Achievements sports league 100+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #12 2 too low 11 AnWP Sports Leagues – Basketball, Ice Hockey, Handball, Rugby & More 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #8 3 too high 12 Sportsteam Widget – Football livescore 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #13 ↑2 1 too low 13 Scoremer: Football Livescore, Tables and Fixtures 80+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 AZScore: Live Score and football fixures and results 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 5 too high 15 SPOSCOR Football & Soccer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 Football Studio – Soccer League, Tournament & Club Manager 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↑5 1 too high 17 Player Transfers for SportsPress 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 4 too low 18 Football Club Manager 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 4 too low 19 Soccr 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 ↓1 1 too high 20 Soccer Widgets – Football Results & Rankings 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↓1 3 too high 21 Football Club Manager for Sportlink 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 3 too low 22 NMR Strava activities 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↓1 2 too high 23 wp-championship 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 4 too high 24 F Football Predictor 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 1 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.