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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “tides widget”

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 “tides widget”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 3 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

Mawu Dark Mode for the Admin Dashboard, Editor & Website shows at wp.org #8 but places #13 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its 10+ 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 Tides Today UK and Ireland tide times 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #1 2 Photo Gallery by Re Gallery: Responsive Image Gallery with AI SEO 700+ · 5.0★ (22) wp.org #13 11 too low 3 Tides Today Tides and Weather 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Popular Brand Icons – Simple Icons 3K+ · 4.7★ (10) wp.org #14 10 too low 5 oik 2K+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 UK tides – heights and times 90+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #3 3 too high 7 Worldtides Widget 100+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Australian Weather Widget – WillyWeather 200+ · 4.9★ (7) wp.org #19 11 too low 9 Nestides Tide Chart — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 4 too high 10 SeaLegs AI — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 3 too high 11 MoxKit Addons for Elementor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↑3 2 too high 12 Spelhubben Weather 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓2 2 too high 13 Mawu Dark Mode for the Admin Dashboard, Editor & Website 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 ↑1 5 too high 14 Tide Graph 100+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #18 4 too low 15 Waiting for the tide (UK) 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓1 4 too high 16 One8 Weather Data Fields — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓1 4 too high 17 Super Social Content Locker Lite 30+ · 3.4★ (5) wp.org #15 2 too high 18 US Weather Widget – WillyWeather 200+ · 3.5★ (6) wp.org #20 2 too low 19 Contributor Team Matcher — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 2 too high 20 Magic Shortcodes 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 4 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.