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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “weer plugin”

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 “weer plugin”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 1 of the top 18. 5 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Weer 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #1 2 Weer Widget NL — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #2 3 T TheSEO llms txt Generator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 ReserveerEenvoudig 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Dreamfoxmedia Delivery Date & Timeslot for WooCommerce 10+ · 3.6★ (5) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 Planaday Connector 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Planaday API 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 Paperdork voor WooCommerce 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 PriveWellness.nl — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↑2 10 Woning Website Uitbreiding 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 11 Nevobo Feed 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #16 5 too low 12 Parcel Pro 500+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓1 1 too high 13 S Solvian Academy Connect — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 Shops United 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 HardloopCalculator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 website Review pilot invite review — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 1 too low 17 CBR Slagingspercentage — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 2 too high 18 K Keyword Statistics 200+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #18

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.