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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “weekly planner”

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 “weekly planner”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 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

Scrumptious – Recipe Cards shows at wp.org #7 but places #14 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 400+ 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 Eventin – Events Calendar, Tickets, Registration, Booking & WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (413) wp.org #2 ↑1 1 too low 2 Shelf Planner Inventory Management for WooCommerce 100+ · 4.7★ (16) wp.org #1 ↑1 1 too high 3 Event Genius – Event Calendar, Event Registration, and Attendee Management 600+ · 4.8★ (17) wp.org #3 ↑1 4 CartFlows – Funnel Builder & Checkout Plugin for WooCommerce 200K+ · 4.8★ (517) wp.org #6 ↑1 2 too low 5 WP Delicious – Recipe Plugin for Food Bloggers (formerly Delicious Recipes) 4K+ · 4.9★ (71) wp.org #5 ↑1 6 Easy Appointment Booking & Scheduling Plugin – Webba Booking Calendar 2K+ · 4.9★ (159) wp.org #8 ↑1 2 too low 7 Hydra Booking — Appointment Scheduling & Booking Calendar 2K+ · 4.4★ (9) wp.org #4 ↑1 3 too high 8 Sugar Calendar – Events Calendar, Event Tickets, and Events Management Platform 10K+ · 4.5★ (24) wp.org #10 ↑1 2 too low 9 Order Limit for WooCommerce (Free Version) 800+ · 4.2★ (13) wp.org #9 ↑1 10 Taskbuilder – Project Management & Task Management Tool With Kanban Board 700+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #11 ↑2 1 too low 11 MDJM Event Management 40+ · 4.9★ (10) wp.org #19 8 too low 12 NIBWP – Self-Hosted MCP Server – Connect Claude, ChatGPT, Cursor & Any AI Agent via MCP 300+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #18 ↑2 6 too low 13 Pushnews 100+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #15 ↑1 2 too low 14 Scrumptious – Recipe Cards 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 ↑1 7 too high 15 Planly 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↑1 2 too high 16 RemoteMonkey 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 4 too high 17 Creator Assistant Planner — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↑1 1 too high 18 Tidy Content Planner – Editorial Calendar with Drag & Drop — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↑1 1 too high 19 ScheduleBuilder 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↑1 5 too high 20 Appointly 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↑1 2 too low 21 Wine Cellar Manager – From collector to sommelier: wine always in order 10+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↑1 1 too high 22 Marivya Tutor Manager — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 AI Marketing Expert — AI Email Marketing, AI Content Generator, SEO Analyzer, AI Workflow Automation, Social Media & Ai Chatbot 2K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↑1 2 too high 24 Koinonia Link 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 1 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.