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

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 “tripadvisor”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 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

Booking Manager – Sync WP Booking Calendar – Import Events, Export Bookings to ICS Calendar shows at wp.org #8 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 5K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

WP Social Ninja – Embed Social Feeds, User Reviews & Chat Widgets places #12 on merit, 4.8★ from 71 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 Widgets for Google Reviews 1M+ · 4.9★ (2667) wp.org #1 2 WP Tripadvisor Review Widgets 20K+ · 4.1★ (116) wp.org #2 3 Reviews Widgets for Google, TripAdvisor, Yelp & Recommendations 10K+ · 4.9★ (326) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 WP TripAdvisor Review Slider 8K+ · 4.8★ (135) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Site Reviews 60K+ · 4.9★ (376) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 WP Google Review Slider 30K+ · 4.9★ (373) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 WP Review Slider 6K+ · 4.8★ (181) wp.org #9 ↑1 2 too low 8 Reviews Feed – Add Testimonials and Customer Reviews From Google Reviews, Yelp, TripAdvisor, and More 100K+ · 4.3★ (36) wp.org #5 3 too high 9 Widgets for Airbnb Reviews 6K+ · 4.6★ (60) wp.org #10 ↑3 1 too low 10 Widgets for Booking.com Reviews 9K+ · 4.9★ (65) wp.org #12 ↓3 2 too low 11 WP Airbnb Review Slider 1K+ · 5.0★ (56) wp.org #13 ↓1 2 too low 12 WP Social Ninja – Embed Social Feeds, User Reviews & Chat Widgets 30K+ · 4.8★ (71) wp.org #16 ↑4 4 too low 13 Widgets for Reviews & Recommendations 8K+ · 4.6★ (98) wp.org #15 2 too low 14 Tagembed: Social Media Feeds and Customer Reviews Widget 9K+ · 3.9★ (62) wp.org #11 3 too high 15 WC Vendors – WooCommerce Multivendor, WooCommerce Marketplace, Product Vendors 3K+ · 4.5★ (188) wp.org #21 6 too low 16 WP Yelp Review Slider 1K+ · 4.9★ (24) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 Widgets for Amazon Reviews 2K+ · 4.0★ (45) wp.org #20 ↓1 3 too low 18 Customer Reviews Collector for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.7★ (24) wp.org #22 4 too low 19 Review Slider for WooCommerce 400+ · 4.7★ (12) wp.org #17 ↓1 2 too high 20 WP Zillow Review Slider 300+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #24 4 too low 21 Widgets for Yelp Reviews 3K+ · 3.8★ (10) wp.org #19 ↓1 2 too high 22 Widgets for Thumbtack Reviews 900+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #18 ↓1 4 too high 23 Widgets for Ebay Reviews 500+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #23 24 Booking Manager – Sync WP Booking Calendar – Import Events, Export Bookings to ICS Calendar 5K+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #8 16 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.