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

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 “tinymce”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 17 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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

PRyC WP: TinyMCE more buttons shows at wp.org #3 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 14 places. Its 1K+ 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

Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads places #8 on merit, 4.9★ from 2430 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Advanced Editor Tools 1M+ · 4.5★ (354) wp.org #1 2 Black Studio TinyMCE Widget 200K+ · 4.8★ (191) wp.org #2 3 Classic Editor 8M+ · 4.9★ (1248) wp.org #6 3 too low 4 Disable Gutenberg 500K+ · 5.0★ (735) wp.org #7 3 too low 5 Insert PHP Code Snippet 90K+ · 4.9★ (706) wp.org #14 ↑1 9 too low 6 پارسی دیت – Parsi Date 100K+ · 4.6★ (129) wp.org #10 ↑1 4 too low 7 D Disable Emojis (GDPR friendly) 60K+ · 5.0★ (108) wp.org #12 5 too low 8 Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads 300K+ · 4.9★ (2430) wp.org #20 12 too low 9 Post and Page Builder by BoldGrid – Visual Drag and Drop Editor 50K+ · 4.7★ (140) wp.org #13 4 too low 10 Download Manager 100K+ · 4.1★ (1006) wp.org #19 ↑4 9 too low 11 Simple Download Monitor 20K+ · 4.7★ (156) wp.org #16 ↓2 5 too low 12 Change Text Case 1K+ · 4.8★ (21) wp.org #8 ↑1 4 too high 13 Insert Html Snippet 20K+ · 4.9★ (237) wp.org #21 ↑1 8 too low 14 Comment Form Editor with TinyMCE 80+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #5 9 too high 15 Japanese font for WordPress(Previously: Japanese Font for TinyMCE) 10K+ · 3.8★ (6) wp.org #4 11 too high 16 Easy Bootstrap Shortcode 6K+ · 4.0★ (50) wp.org #15 ↑1 1 too high 17 PRyC WP: TinyMCE more buttons 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #3 14 too high 18 Title and Nofollow For Links (Classic Editor) 10K+ · 4.5★ (23) wp.org #23 ↓3 5 too low 19 Markup Markdown 1K+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #22 ↓3 3 too low 20 Contact Form 7 – email body TinyMCE editor 400+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #9 ↓1 11 too high 21 Metronet Tag Manager 20K+ · 4.8★ (8) wp.org #17 4 too high 22 Classic Editor and Classic Widgets 20K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 P PixCodes 8K+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #18 5 too high 24 Term Description: Rich Text Editor (Powered by TinyMCE) for WooCommerce 700+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↓1 13 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.