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

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 “village”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Image Map Connect – Display Posts as Image Hotspots shows at wp.org #7 but places #11 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its 100+ 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 AWP Classifieds 3K+ · 4.6★ (301) wp.org #2 ↓1 1 too low 2 Shipping Zones by Drawing for WooCommerce 500+ · 4.1★ (24) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Simple Location 300+ · 4.6★ (8) wp.org #4 ↓2 1 too low 4 AP Family Trees 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 FeastBell – Feast & Event Calendar 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 ↓1 6 WapuuGotchi 20+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #20 ↓2 14 too low 7 AP One-Place Studies – Parish & Village Record Studies — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 ↑5 1 too high 8 SamedayCourier Shipping 4K+ · 2.7★ (14) wp.org #19 ↓2 11 too low 9 WTC: Sözleşmeler, Kargo, SMS, İade, Form, OTP (SMS Doğrulama), Puan, Kupon Yönetimi 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↓2 1 too high 10 Sóc de Poble. Portal de Pobles Connectats — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 Image Map Connect – Display Posts as Image Hotspots 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 ↓2 4 too high 12 T Toytown Map — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓2 2 too high 13 Garrett County Planning Tool (GCPT) – Public Health and Population Health Data and Planning Tool 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #17 ↓2 4 too low 14 Retrobadger Village Extras (rbve) 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓4 3 too high 15 Piazza in Festa — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓3 3 too high 16 Bsaeed Family Tree Builder — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓3 3 too high 17 AP Family Archive – Genealogy Website from GEDCOM — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓2 3 too high 18 AP Family Research – Genealogy Research Log & Evidence — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓2 3 too high 19 AP One-Name Studies – Surname Study & Distribution Maps — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓2 3 too high 20 Persian Kit: Complete Persian/Jalali Pack | پیشرفته‌ترین فارسی ساز وردپرس و ووکامرس 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓2 3 too low 21 Sri Lankan Cities for WooCommerce 80+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 ↓2 3 too high 22 BG Couriers for WooCommerce 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓2 2 too low 23 Drusoft Shipping for Econt 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↓2 2 too high 24 RP 4U (Maps & Route Planner) 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 ↓2 2 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.