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

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 “vk”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 18 of the top 20. 3 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

VK Google Job Posting Manager shows at wp.org #8 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 2K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons places #3 on merit, 4.8★ from 5333 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 VK Blocks 100K+ · 4.8★ (6) wp.org #1 2 Under Construction 600K+ · 4.8★ (1285) wp.org #9 7 too low 3 Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons 100K+ · 4.8★ (5333) wp.org #20 ↓5 17 too low 4 Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons 10K+ · 4.9★ (1911) wp.org #12 8 too low 5 Revive Social – Social Media Auto Post and Scheduling Automation Plugin 20K+ · 4.0★ (556) wp.org #13 8 too low 6 All-in-one Sticky Floating Contact Form, Call, Click to Chat, and 50+ Social Icon Tabs – My Sticky Elements 40K+ · 4.9★ (542) wp.org #19 ↑1 13 too low 7 Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler 40K+ · 4.5★ (2107) wp.org #16 ↑1 9 too low 8 Shariff Wrapper 30K+ · 4.9★ (101) wp.org #14 6 too low 9 VK Link Target Controller 30K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #2 7 too high 10 VK Post Author Display 10K+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #6 4 too high 11 Woody Code Snippets – Insert PHP, CSS, JS, and Header/Footer Scripts 50K+ · 4.5★ (221) wp.org #21 10 too low 12 VK Filter Search 6K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #4 8 too high 13 Ocean Social Sharing 60K+ · 4.5★ (11) wp.org #10 ↑1 3 too high 14 Cresta Social Share Counter 2K+ · 4.8★ (55) wp.org #24 10 too low 15 VK All in One Expansion Unit 100K+ · 4.0★ (7) wp.org #5 10 too high 16 Zen Feed 400+ · 5.0★ (18) wp.org #22 6 too low 17 VK Block Patterns 100K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #3 14 too high 18 Fuse Social Icons 10K+ · 4.6★ (58) wp.org #23 5 too low 19 Lite Video Embed 1K+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #18 ↑1 1 too high 20 VK Dynamic If Block 4K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #7 13 too high 21 Import Products to VK 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #11 ↓1 10 too high 22 WP VK-付费内容插件（付费阅读/资料/工具软件资源管理） 70+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #17 ↑1 5 too high 23 VK Google Job Posting Manager 2K+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #8 15 too high 24 RUS Video Embeds for VK Video, Rutube and Dzen 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↑1 9 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.