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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “url decoder”

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 “url decoder”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 2 of the top 20. 2 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

TNC FlipBook 3D – PDF Flipbook, 3D Flipbook, PDF Viewer, PDF Embedder shows at wp.org #3 but places #7 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its 400+ 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 3D Viewer – Turn Product Pages into Interactive 3D Experiences 9K+ · 4.7★ (24) wp.org #1 2 Motors – Car Dealership & Classified Listings Plugin 9K+ · 4.5★ (79) wp.org #2 3 Hum 500+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 PausAR – 3D and AR for Elementor 300+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Atlant Security 700+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Bradmax Player 1K+ · 4.3★ (11) wp.org #8 ↑1 2 too low 7 TNC FlipBook 3D – PDF Flipbook, 3D Flipbook, PDF Viewer, PDF Embedder 400+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #3 4 too high 8 AR for WooCommerce – 3D Product Viewer & Augmented Reality — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 ↑1 1 too low 9 RP 4U (Maps & Route Planner) 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 ↑1 2 too high 10 3D Viewer – 3D Model Viewer – Augmented Reality – Virtual Try On 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 ↓8 5 too low 11 UWH Image Optimizer & Converter 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↑12 1 too high 12 Tanupom In-Place Converter for WebP 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 1 too high 13 Copyfend – Content Protection, Anti-Copy & Anti-Scraping 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 SoftIcon Flipbook – PDF Flipbook & Magazine Viewer 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 Encode Decode Tool 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 1 too high 16 ThemeREX Auto Dealer 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓2 17 BatForge – 3D Cricket Bat Configurator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓2 18 PrinterFlo Image Optimizer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓2 19 AKDev Spline animation – Delight your users experience with 3d scroll animations. 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓2 1 too low 20 Ada Fwp Link Decoder For Google News — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓2 1 too high 21 UAIP Yet Another PDF Editor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓2 22 Arashtad 3D Annotation — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓2 23 PMP AI Studio — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓2

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.