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

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 “vinyl”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 5 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 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

RecordToko shows at wp.org #8 but places #12 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its — 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 Musician’s Pack for Elementor – Music Website Widgets & Templates 400+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #1 2 PriceWise – Measurement Price Calculator for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #2 3 OpenStation – Admin Dashboard Notes, Custom Dashboard, AI Assistant & PWA 1K+ · 5.0★ (23) wp.org #16 13 too low 4 Blocks for Discogs Users 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Blocks for Discogs Sellers 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 GrooveLog Blocks for Last.fm — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Vinilogy Covers — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Blocks for Discogs 50+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #12 ↓1 4 too low 9 Flooring Calculator for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 Wax Store Catalog — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 AtayaLabs Made-to-Measure Pricing for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 1 too high 12 RecordToko — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 4 too high 13 MeasureSquare Flooring Calculator 20+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #17 4 too low 14 ZW Player Video Embed 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓1 3 too high 15 ATS Moknah – Text to Speech, AI Voice & Audio Player — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 2 too high 16 Visuaro – Product Designer for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 Pomp Product Personalizer for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 2 too high 18 VEFmusic — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 E Elegant Blog Themes Demo Importer 500+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 20 C CD gallery — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20

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.