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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “text resizer”

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 “text resizer”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 17 of the top 20. 2 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

Mass Resizer shows at wp.org #4 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 14 places. Its 50+ 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.

Buried gem

Gallery PhotoBlocks places #7 on merit, 5.0★ from 76 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 Zeno Font Resizer 5K+ · 4.6★ (20) wp.org #1 2 Image Optimizer, Resizer and CDN – Sirv 900+ · 4.9★ (265) wp.org #5 3 too low 3 Accessibility Font Resizer 800+ · 4.0★ (13) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Schema & Structured Data for WP & AMP 100K+ · 4.5★ (252) wp.org #8 4 too low 5 Brizy – Page Builder 60K+ · 4.7★ (972) wp.org #17 ↓1 12 too low 6 Gmedia Photo Gallery 7K+ · 4.3★ (260) wp.org #14 ↑1 8 too low 7 Gallery PhotoBlocks 3K+ · 5.0★ (76) wp.org #22 ↓1 15 too low 8 Wicked Folders – Folder Organizer for Pages, Posts, and Custom Post Types 20K+ · 4.9★ (56) wp.org #21 ↓1 13 too low 9 Better image sizes 2K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 Images to WebP 9K+ · 4.4★ (32) wp.org #11 1 too low 11 ImageRecycle pdf & image compression 1K+ · 4.5★ (26) wp.org #18 ↓1 7 too low 12 Filikod – Alt Text Checker & Bulk Image Alt Text Editor 200+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #9 3 too high 13 WP w3all phpBB 200+ · 4.7★ (31) wp.org #24 ↓1 11 too low 14 Custom Field Template 30K+ · 4.0★ (24) wp.org #20 ↓1 6 too low 15 Embeds for YouTube 9K+ · 4.2★ (24) wp.org #23 ↓1 8 too low 16 Simple Font Resizer 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 13 too high 17 Mortar for Bricks Builder 300+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #12 5 too high 18 Mass Resizer 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 14 too high 19 App Builder – Create Native Android & iOS Apps On The Flight 500+ · 3.9★ (8) wp.org #15 4 too high 20 TuriTop Booking System 500+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 7 too high 21 Font Resize With Post Reading Time [GWE] 80+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 14 too high 22 ReadEase: Text Resizer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓2 6 too high 23 WCAG Admin Accessibility Tools 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 4 too high 24 Font Resizer with A+, A, A- 30+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #10 14 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.