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

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 “webdav”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 2 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

Migrator – Site Migration and Backup shows at wp.org #10 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 60+ 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 UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin 4M+ · 4.8★ (8708) wp.org #1 2 WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging 900K+ · 4.9★ (1568) wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too low 3 Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone 600K+ · 4.5★ (135) wp.org #2 ↑1 1 too high 4 Backup, Restore and Migrate your sites with XCloner 10K+ · 4.2★ (129) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 External files in Media Library 500+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 UpdraftCentral Dashboard 5K+ · 4.5★ (22) wp.org #17 11 too low 7 WPvivid Backup for MainWP 10K+ · 4.6★ (9) wp.org #18 11 too low 8 CloudScale Backup & Restore 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 Luzid Backup to Nextcloud 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 STN – Save To Nextcloud 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 WP MyBackup 20+ · 3.5★ (8) wp.org #22 11 too low 12 strychni0x Media Bridge for Nextcloud & ownCloud 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 3 too high 13 ProductShift – Backup & Migration for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 atec Backup 40+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #19 5 too low 15 AI Backup full — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 3 too high 16 Migrator – Site Migration and Backup 60+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 ↓3 6 too high 17 MigrateNest – Migrate, Backup & Restore WordPress — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 4 too high 18 ModuleFest Media Library Manager — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 4 too high 19 WC Next Sync — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 4 too high 20 HejBit Decentralised Backup — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 4 too high 21 mareike — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 22 doorlin Whiteboard 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 2 too high 23 Y YaDisk Files 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #23 24 G GEN Europe CLIPS WordPress plugin — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24

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.