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

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 “visualizations”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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

Stock Market Overview shows at wp.org #11 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 1K+ 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.

Buried gem

WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block places #9 on merit, 4.3★ from 51 reviews, but shows at wp.org #14. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Visualizer – Tables & Charts Manager with Built-in AI Generator 20K+ · 4.4★ (225) wp.org #1 2 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (808) wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too low 3 MapGeo – Interactive Geo Maps 30K+ · 4.4★ (65) wp.org #2 ↑1 1 too high 4 WP Data Access – App Builder for Tables, Forms, Dashboards, Charts & Maps 10K+ · 4.9★ (88) wp.org #4 ↑9 5 wpDataTables – WordPress Data Table, Dynamic Tables & Table Charts Plugin 60K+ · 4.5★ (449) wp.org #5 6 Disk Usage Sunburst 9K+ · 4.8★ (36) wp.org #6 7 Search Insights – Privacy-Friendly Search Analytics 3K+ · 4.9★ (29) wp.org #8 ↑2 1 too low 8 Chartify – WordPress Chart Plugin 3K+ · 4.9★ (28) wp.org #12 ↓8 4 too low 9 WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block 50K+ · 4.3★ (51) wp.org #14 5 too low 10 Insights from Google PageSpeed 10K+ · 4.8★ (28) wp.org #15 ↑2 5 too low 11 Video Gallery for WooCommerce – Add Product Video & Featured Video 4K+ · 5.0★ (44) wp.org #22 ↑2 11 too low 12 Graphina – Charts and Graphs For Elementor 9K+ · 4.1★ (16) wp.org #10 ↓2 2 too high 13 Stock Market Ticker 2K+ · 3.7★ (15) wp.org #9 4 too high 14 Wizart Visualizer — AI-Powered Room Visualization 100+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #7 7 too high 15 Stock Quotes List 500+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #16 ↓1 1 too low 16 Stockdio Historical Chart 800+ · 3.9★ (7) wp.org #13 ↓1 3 too high 17 bbPress Voting 400+ · 4.7★ (10) wp.org #23 ↓2 6 too low 18 Alex Player 200+ · 4.0★ (8) wp.org #21 3 too low 19 Stock Market Overview 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #11 8 too high 20 Tota11y WP 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #17 ↓1 3 too high 21 Stock market charts from finviz 400+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 Ninja Charts – Interactive Charts and Graphs 3K+ · 3.0★ (6) wp.org #18 4 too high 23 Stock Market News 400+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #19 4 too high 24 TryAura: AI Virtual Try-On, Product Visualization & Product Videos for WooCommerce 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #24 ↓1

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.