wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “sociable”
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 “sociable”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 0 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.
CryptX 10K+ · 4.5★ (20) thin reviews
wp.org #1 2 G GT Foursquare 10+ · 5.0★ (3) closure risk thin reviewsstale but ranked
wp.org #4 2 too low 3 S Simply Sociable 100+ · 5.0★ (1) closure risk thin reviewsstale but ranked
wp.org #2 1 too high 4 C Complete social plugin 10+ · 0.0★ (0) closure risk thin reviewslow rating, top placementstale but ranked
wp.org #3 1 too high 5 S Sociable Zyblog Edition 100+ · 0.0★ (0) closure risk thin reviewslow rating, top placementstale but ranked
wp.org #5 6 S sm00sh for Sociable 10+ · 0.0★ (0) closure risk thin reviewsstale but ranked
wp.org #6 7 D DoMelhor for Sociable 10+ · 0.0★ (0) closure risk thin reviewsstale but ranked
wp.org #7 8 P Popup to Share 10+ · 0.0★ (0) closure risk thin reviewsstale but ranked
wp.org #9 1 too low 9 R RSSupplement 10+ · 4.0★ (1) closure risk thin reviewsstale but ranked
wp.org #8 1 too high 10 S Sociable RE 100+ · 0.0★ (0) closure risk thin reviewsstale but ranked
wp.org #10 11 S Sociable-Italia 10+ · 0.0★ (0) closure risk thin reviews
wp.org #11 12 T Twitter Friendly Links 70+ · 0.0★ (0) closure risk thin reviews
wp.org #12 ↑1 13 F Foursquare Map 20+ · 0.0★ (0) closure risk thin reviews
wp.org #13 ↓1 14 S Sociable .ro — · 0.0★ (0) closure risk thin reviews
wp.org #14 15 Č České a slovenské linkovací služby 20+ · 0.0★ (0) closure risk thin reviews
wp.org #15 16 M Masdetalles Share — · 0.0★ (0) closure risk thin reviews
wp.org #16 17 S Service_link — · 0.0★ (0) closure risk thin reviews
wp.org #17 18 H Hikari Email & URL Obfuscator 40+ · 0.0★ (0) closure risk thin reviews
wp.org #18 ↑2 19 S Shashin permalinks 10+ · 0.0★ (0) closure risk thin reviews
wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too low 20 L Link Summarizer 10+ · 5.0★ (1) closure risk thin reviews
wp.org #19 ↓1 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.