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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “wi posts”

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 “wi posts”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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.

Ranked above its merit

Festival Snow Effect shows at wp.org #12 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 60+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager 90K+ · 5.0★ (1526) wp.org #1 2 WP RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, Feed to Post, Autoblogging, AI Content 40K+ · 4.5★ (565) wp.org #2 3 Gift Up Gift Cards for WordPress and WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (235) wp.org #3 4 Copy Anything to Clipboard for WordPress – Copy Button, Copy Text & Copy Code 10K+ · 4.5★ (36) wp.org #7 3 too low 5 RepairBuddy – Repair Shop CRM & Booking Plugin for WordPress 400+ · 4.9★ (24) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 Vachr Short-Term Rental Reservations 40+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 WP All Export – User Export Add-On 6K+ · 3.6★ (7) wp.org #4 3 too high 8 Spexo Addons for Elementor – Elementor Widgets, Mega Menu, Popup Builder, Template Kits and Starter Templates for Elementor 6K+ · 4.8★ (4) wp.org #8 9 Live Event Seating Lite – Seating Chart, Floor Plan, RSVP & Event Ticket 40+ · 5.0★ (12) wp.org #18 9 too low 10 QRcdr – Frontend Generator for Custom and Dynamic QR Codes 20+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #11 1 too low 11 DEPRECATED – Shipmondo – A complete shipping solution for WooCommerce 4K+ · 3.0★ (8) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 Alma – Pay in installments or later for WooCommerce 1K+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #17 5 too low 13 Bright Addons for Elementor 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #16 3 too low 14 Master QR Code Generator – Fast & Easy QR Code Solution 400+ · 3.0★ (3) wp.org #6 8 too high 15 Shipmondo for WooCommerce 1K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 King Addons for Elementor – 100+ Elementor Widgets, 4 000+ Elementor Templates, WooCommerce Builder, Mega Menu, Popup Builder 10K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 3 too high 17 WPEM – REST API 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 2 too low 18 LM Certificate Publisher 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 3 too high 19 detabess 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 Bright Addons Blocks Library — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 3 too low 21 Tap To Donate for Give by Jovvie 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 3 too low 22 Festival Snow Effect 60+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #12 10 too high 23 Bloqra – Gutenberg Blocks & Page Builder for Block Editor 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 2 too high 24 UV Realtime Crypto Dashboard — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 2 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.