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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “temperature conversion”

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 “temperature conversion”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 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.

Ranked above its merit

WeatherBot Weather Widget shows at wp.org #14 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 40+ 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 Location Weather – WordPress Weather Forecast, Air Quality & Weather Widget 10K+ · 4.5★ (103) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 WP Recipe Maker 50K+ · 5.0★ (356) wp.org #2 ↓1 3 AxiaChat AI – Free AI Chatbot (Answers Customers Automatically) 500+ · 5.0★ (12) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 wp-forecast 4K+ · 4.2★ (23) wp.org #20 ↓1 16 too low 5 Universal Unit Converter: Convert Length, Weight, Temperature, Speed, and Time 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 Smart Convert – Currency & Unit Conversion 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 SmartyPress AI Engine — Free AI Engine for Content Generation 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 2 too low 8 AI App Onsite 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #11 ↓1 3 too low 9 CodeArt Units Converter 70+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 VibeShift Boost – Conversion Engine for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 WS40 – Live Weather 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 4 too high 12 Shop Explorer – AI Inventory Management | Complete Store Management Solution for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 ↓1 3 too low 13 TheAVCoach Weather Station for WeatherLink 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 3 too high 14 Relayout Designs 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 1 too high 15 MartinCV AI Blog Post 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #24 ↓1 9 too low 16 A1AI Chatbot — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 ↓1 4 too high 17 APIFreaks — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 1 too high 18 From Unit Converter to Unit-Aware Quantities & Calculators — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 1 too high 19 Sell.AI Chatbot for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 1 too high 20 WeatherBot Weather Widget 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↓1 6 too high 21 Magecomp AI Description Generator for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 2 too high 22 WeatherWizz 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 1 too low 23 ShipAny WooCommerce: Ship, Label, Tracking 200+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too high 24 AltGenix AI Image SEO 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↓1 3 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.