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

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 “volleyball”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 of the top 20. 5 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.

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Ranked above its merit

SAMS Integration shows at wp.org #11 but places #15 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its 10+ 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 SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager 10K+ · 4.7★ (369) wp.org #1 2 JoomSport – for Sports: Team & League, Football, Hockey & more 1K+ · 4.9★ (44) wp.org #2 3 Tickera – Sell Tickets & Manage Events 2K+ · 4.5★ (292) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 WP Club Manager – WordPress Sports Club Plugin 600+ · 4.7★ (40) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 AnWP Football Leagues 700+ · 4.9★ (14) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 Sport Predictions for JoomSport 50+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 AnWP Sports Leagues – Basketball, Ice Hockey, Handball, Rugby & More 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Scores – Livescore for football, soccer, tennis, basketball, handball, volleyball & hockey 30+ · 3.8★ (10) wp.org #19 11 too low 9 FA Sport Odds 10+ · 4.5★ (4) wp.org #21 12 too low 10 SPOSCOR Core 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 Tennis booking system, Sport tournament management – TennisThor 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 2 too low 12 Rotation Tournaments 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 3 too high 13 Scoreboard UI 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 3 too high 14 Playard — Sports Facility Booking System for Courts, Fields, Pitches, Venues and More 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 2 too high 15 S SAMS Integration 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 4 too high 16 Live Scores for SportsPress 100+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #17 1 too low 17 SportsPress for Volleyball 500+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 3 too high 18 Sportstats Cup Generator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 2 too high 19 Nevobo API 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 4 too high 20 SDROST CLASSES 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 2 too high 21 V Volleynator Web — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 V VLW Tabelle 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 V VolleyTNT — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23

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.