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

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

Quizably – Quiz Maker, Personality Quiz & Survey Builder shows at wp.org #5 but places #10 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its 200+ 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Quiz Maker & Survey Maker 40K+ · 4.7★ (1282) wp.org #1 2 Quiz Maker by AYS 20K+ · 4.9★ (601) wp.org #2 3 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #3 4 Quiz Cat – WordPress Quiz Plugin 4K+ · 4.7★ (35) wp.org #4 5 Quiz Maker, Poll Maker & Survey Maker by Opinion Stage 6K+ · 4.4★ (277) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 MusicIDB Events Calendar 80+ · 5.0★ (28) wp.org #8 ↑1 2 too low 7 ARI Stream Quiz – WordPress Quizzes Builder 1K+ · 4.9★ (23) wp.org #9 ↓1 2 too low 8 Quill Forms | Conversational Multi Step Forms, Surveys & quizzes 3K+ · 4.8★ (44) wp.org #11 3 too low 9 Make My Trivia 10+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 Quizably – Quiz Maker, Personality Quiz & Survey Builder 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #5 5 too high 11 PressPrimer Quiz – AI Quiz Maker, Exam Builder & LMS Assessment Plugin 200+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #14 3 too low 12 Romania Chat 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #13 ↓1 1 too low 13 Blockenberg — 645 Advanced Gutenberg Blocks, 683 Templates and AI Agent for WordPress Block Editor 1K+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #12 ↑1 1 too high 14 Quizpio – Live Multiplayer Quizzes, Polls & Trivia 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 4 too high 15 Quiz Creator – Easy Quiz, Survey & Test Maker 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 16 Quiz Builder by WiVi – Online Exam & Quiz Maker 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↑1 17 LolaCore – AI Admin Agent 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 18 S Slodds Random Facts — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 Thrifting — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 20 K Kandebobr Quiz Embed for Sbornik Testov — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 1 too low 21 KindPixels Next Event Countdown — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 1 too low 22 Beacon Events – Events Calendar with Recurring Events & Google Calendar Sync — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↑1 1 too low 23 PosterMyWall Events Calendar — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1 1 too low 24 MyQuizGPT – Quiz Maker — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↑1 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.