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

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 “wikipedia”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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

Summary box for Wikipedia links shows at wp.org #2 but places #12 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 30+ 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.

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Buried gem

Tooltips for WordPress places #9 on merit, 3.8★ from 75 reviews, but shows at wp.org #15. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Wikipedia Preview 1K+ · 4.8★ (37) wp.org #1 2 Get Use APIs – JSON Content Importer 5K+ · 4.9★ (78) wp.org #4 ↓1 2 too low 3 Clean Image Filenames 30K+ · 4.6★ (21) wp.org #3 ↑1 4 CM Tooltip Glossary 7K+ · 4.3★ (157) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Bulk Page Generator and Mass Page Builder – Page Generator 3K+ · 4.6★ (70) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Read More Without Refresh 20K+ · 4.2★ (55) wp.org #11 5 too low 7 Connect Polylang for Elementor 100K+ · 4.8★ (51) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 SEO Engine – Smart SEO with AI, Schema & Redirection for WordPress 1K+ · 4.9★ (48) wp.org #13 ↑4 5 too low 9 T Tooltips for WordPress 5K+ · 3.8★ (75) wp.org #15 ↓1 6 too low 10 WP Remove Query Strings From Static Resources 3K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #7 3 too high 11 WP Wiki Tooltip 200+ · 4.8★ (18) wp.org #20 ↓4 9 too low 12 Summary box for Wikipedia links 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 10 too high 13 Block Referer Spam 500+ · 3.4★ (21) wp.org #10 3 too high 14 Socicon 200+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #9 5 too high 15 Multicons 2K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #14 ↓2 1 too high 16 Health Endpoint 3K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #18 ↓3 2 too low 17 C Content Fetcher 200+ · 3.2★ (6) wp.org #22 ↓1 5 too low 18 WPSSO Schema Organization and Place Manager 300+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #12 ↑1 6 too high 19 Codesala SEO Content Engine 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 20 JReferences 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #21 1 too low 21 Mini Live Preview URL 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↑4 5 too high 22 TNT AI Writer – AI Content Generator, Trending Topic Finder & SEO Draft Writer 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↑2 5 too high 23 Everyone Accessibility Suite – Free WCAG Accessibility Widget & Toolkit 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1 1 too low 24 VR-Frases 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 ↓1 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.