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

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 “themegrill”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 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

ThemeHunk – Side Cart, Ajax Cart & Menu Cart for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #6 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 5K+ 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

WPCafe – Restaurant Menu, Online Food Ordering & Table Booking System places #6 on merit, 4.6★ from 113 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Starter Templates & Sites Pack by ThemeGrill 70K+ · 4.7★ (197) wp.org #1 2 Fonts Plugin | Google Fonts, Adobe Fonts & Upload Fonts 200K+ · 5.0★ (1221) wp.org #5 3 too low 3 Everest Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form, Quiz, Survey & Custom Form Builder with AI 90K+ · 4.9★ (375) wp.org #8 ↑1 5 too low 4 Flash Toolkit 10K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 Name Directory 2K+ · 4.9★ (81) wp.org #12 ↓1 7 too low 6 WPCafe – Restaurant Menu, Online Food Ordering & Table Booking System 5K+ · 4.6★ (113) wp.org #16 10 too low 7 SmartSMTP 2K+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #3 4 too high 8 Registration Form for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #4 4 too high 9 Advance Product Search- Voice & Ajax Search for WooCommerce 9K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #7 ↑1 2 too high 10 Maintenance Page 3K+ · 4.4★ (18) wp.org #22 ↓1 12 too low 11 Protección de datos – RGPD 7K+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #14 ↓1 3 too low 12 Social Icons 10K+ · 4.5★ (15) wp.org #24 ↓1 12 too low 13 Lead Form Builder & Contact Form 8K+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #10 3 too high 14 Easy Social Sharing 1K+ · 4.9★ (7) wp.org #23 ↓1 9 too low 15 Suffice Toolkit 1K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓2 6 too high 16 ThemeHunk – Side Cart, Ajax Cart & Menu Cart for WooCommerce 5K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 10 too high 17 ContentGate – Content Restriction & Access Control by Login Status & User Role 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↑4 6 too high 18 Spacious Toolkit 600+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 19 AllFeedback 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 20 Lead Generation Form – Form Builder, Contact Form, Survey & Inquiry Forms 600+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 1 too low 21 Customize My Account Page 500+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 ↓1 8 too high 22 AllCoach – Coaching Management & Scheduling 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↑1 5 too high 23 AI Chatbot, Assistant Generator, Custom Form Builder for Everest Forms 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 3 too high 24 Envo's Templates & Widgets for Elementor and WooCommerce 9K+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↓1 9 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.