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

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 “wage”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 2 of the top 15. 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 it throws errors on current PHP, whether the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

merit plugin wp.org
1 All in One Time Clock Lite – Tracking Employee Time Has Never Been Easier 500+ · 4.6★ (8) wp.org #1 2 Grainsoft – integracja z InPost Paczkomaty 8K+ · 4.8★ (33) wp.org #10 ↓1 8 too low 3 MDJM Event Management 40+ · 4.9★ (10) wp.org #11 ↓1 8 too low 4 RISET – Project Profit & Expense Tracker — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 Anacoder Calculators – 20+ Responsive Calculators & Embed Suite — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 J Jackkwest UAE End-of-Service Calculator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 P PratikHesap Net Brüt Maaş Hesaplama Aracı — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 WerkCV Salaris Tools — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 Expenses Book Plugin for WordPress — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 Tanggalanku Kalender Indonesia — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 Geo-Tier Pricing for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 2 too high 12 P Pricestead Cost Calculators — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 1 too low 13 Get in line 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓2 1 too low 14 W Wage Conversion Calculator 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 ↓1 2 too high 15 streetshirts for WooCommerce 40+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↓2

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.