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

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 schedule”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

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Ranked above its merit

Attendance Manager shows at wp.org #10 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 700+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.4★ average from 5 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Eventin – Events Calendar, Tickets, Registration, Booking & WooCommerce places #8 on merit, 4.7★ from 413 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

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 WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance 1M+ · 4.8★ (2617) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Easy Updates Manager 300K+ · 4.8★ (726) wp.org #6 ↓1 2 too low 5 BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin 400K+ · 4.0★ (1323) wp.org #5 ↑1 6 All-in-One WP Migration and Backup 5M+ · 4.5★ (7676) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 Simple History – Track, Log, and Audit WordPress Changes 300K+ · 4.9★ (491) wp.org #14 ↓3 7 too low 8 Eventin – Events Calendar, Tickets, Registration, Booking & WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (413) wp.org #16 8 too low 9 Radio Station by netmix® – Manage and play your Show Schedule in WordPress! 1K+ · 4.6★ (30) wp.org #9 10 Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin 1M+ · 4.5★ (157) wp.org #12 2 too low 11 Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, Appointments and more! 60K+ · 4.2★ (551) wp.org #19 ↓5 8 too low 12 Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone 600K+ · 4.5★ (135) wp.org #15 ↑8 3 too low 13 Yoga Schedule Momoyoga 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #2 ↑1 11 too high 14 Independent Analytics – WordPress Analytics Plugin 100K+ · 4.8★ (167) wp.org #23 9 too low 15 WP Crontrol 300K+ · 4.4★ (167) wp.org #20 ↓1 5 too low 16 Salon Booking System – Appointment Booking for Salons, Barbershops & Spas 2K+ · 4.4★ (187) wp.org #21 ↓4 5 too low 17 Responsive Mortgage Calculator 7K+ · 4.4★ (21) wp.org #13 4 too high 18 Fluent Booking – The Ultimate Appointments Scheduling, Events Booking, Events Calendar Solution 20K+ · 4.7★ (46) wp.org #24 ↓4 6 too low 19 EventON – Events Calendar 6K+ · 4.1★ (44) wp.org #17 ↓2 2 too high 20 Radio Player Page 300+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #8 12 too high 21 Local Business Schema Lite 3K+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #18 3 too high 22 Website LLMs.txt 50K+ · 4.7★ (12) wp.org #22 ↓9 23 A Attendance Manager 700+ · 4.4★ (5) wp.org #10 13 too high 24 Business Hours & Holiday Schedule Manager 100+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #11 13 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.