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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “spin wheel”

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 “spin wheel”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 17 of the top 20. 5 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

WebEquipe Spin & Win Wheel shows at wp.org #4 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 60+ 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.

Buried gem

CURCY – Multi Currency for WooCommerce places #12 on merit, 4.3★ from 227 reviews, but shows at wp.org #22. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Poptin – Email Marketing Automation, Newsletter & Exit Pop Ups, Email Popups 20K+ · 4.9★ (701) wp.org #2 ↑2 1 too low 2 Lucky Wheel for WooCommerce – Spin a Sale 1K+ · 4.5★ (19) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 WP Optin Wheel – Gamified Optin Email Marketing Tool for WordPress and WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.9★ (81) wp.org #6 ↓1 3 too low 4 Popup Builder by Claspo – Email Popup, Spin the Wheel, Exit Intent 1K+ · 5.0★ (40) wp.org #8 ↑1 4 too low 5 Element Pack Addons for Elementor – MCP & AI-Ready Elementor Widgets, Elementor Templates, Elementor Addons 100K+ · 4.7★ (284) wp.org #13 ↓1 8 too low 6 Popup Builder & Popup Maker for WordPress – OptinMonster Email Marketing and Lead Generation 1M+ · 4.3★ (821) wp.org #9 ↓1 3 too low 7 WebToffee eCommerce Marketing Automation – Email marketing, Popups, Email customizer 10K+ · 4.8★ (54) wp.org #11 ↓1 4 too low 8 Lucky Wheel Giveaway 400+ · 3.9★ (8) wp.org #5 ↑1 3 too high 9 EXMAGE – WordPress Image Links 5K+ · 5.0★ (33) wp.org #18 9 too low 10 Faview – Virtual Reviews for WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.6★ (54) wp.org #15 ↑1 5 too low 11 EU Cookies Bar for WordPress 9K+ · 4.8★ (26) wp.org #19 8 too low 12 CURCY – Multi Currency for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.3★ (227) wp.org #22 10 too low 13 Mailonix – Email Template Customizer for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.6★ (105) wp.org #24 ↓1 11 too low 14 Trakoo – Orders Tracking for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.5★ (58) wp.org #21 7 too low 15 Bulky – Bulk Edit Products for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.6★ (53) wp.org #23 ↑1 8 too low 16 Spin Wheel 400+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 ↓1 13 too high 17 Smartarget Lucky Wheel 100+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #7 10 too high 18 Popup builder with Gamification, Multi-Step Popups, Page-Level Targeting, and WooCommerce Triggers 70K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #17 ↓2 1 too high 19 WebEquipe Spin & Win Wheel 60+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 ↓1 15 too high 20 Promolayer – Popup Builder & Abandonment Preventer 1K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #14 6 too high 21 Dark Reader – Beautiful Dark Mode for any Website 200+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #16 ↑1 5 too high 22 Spin Wheel – Lucky Wheel, Giveaway & Coupon Popup 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↑3 12 too high 23 Clear Autoptimize Cache Automatically 4K+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #20 3 too high 24 Live Copy Paste for Elementor – Cross Domain Copy Paste & Page Duplicator 6K+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #12 ↓1 12 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.