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

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

PayButton shows at wp.org #16 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its — 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 Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots 10K+ · 4.8★ (142) wp.org #1 2 DoLogin Security 7K+ · 4.5★ (13) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 L Liveblog 2K+ · 2.9★ (15) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Vunelix Financial Widgets – Cryptocurrency, Stock Ticker & Forex 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 WSChat – WordPress Live Chat 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 Screen Sharing System 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Ether and ERC20 tokens WooCommerce Payment Gateway 10+ · 3.3★ (7) wp.org #17 10 too low 8 Radle – A Reddit Comments Engine 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #13 5 too low 9 Agentorie Chat 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 Zanderio AI 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 Hexabot Chat Widget 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 WordSocket — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 2 too high 13 MQTT-Plug 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too low 14 UV Realtime Crypto Dashboard — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 3 too high 15 ReplyPilot AI – Real-Time AI Chatbot Assistant — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 3 too high 16 LobbyChat 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 2 too low 17 WingMind AI 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 2 too low 18 TWT Chat — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 3 too high 19 R River Embed for FeedLand — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↑1 1 too low 20 PayButton — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 4 too high 21 Tarot and Horoscope 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 22 J JTZL's Chat for WebIRC — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↑1 23 ZW Player Video Embed 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 24 NavTalk Digital Human — · 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.