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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “wing form”

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 “wing form”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 of the top 17. 1 plugin is 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

Integration for Engaging Networks and Gravity Forms shows at wp.org #3 but places #11 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 80+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Migrate Guru – Site Migration & Cloning places #1 on merit, 4.9★ from 1645 reviews, but shows at wp.org #5. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Migrate Guru – Site Migration & Cloning 200K+ · 4.9★ (1645) wp.org #5 4 too low 2 WidgetKit for Elementor – Lightweight Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 7K+ · 4.5★ (35) wp.org #2 3 Name Directory 2K+ · 4.9★ (81) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 BlogVault Backup & Staging 80K+ · 4.6★ (332) wp.org #7 3 too low 5 MalCare WordPress Security Plugin – Malware Scanner, Cleaner, Security Firewall 100K+ · 4.4★ (559) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 The WP Remote WordPress Plugin 30K+ · 4.6★ (74) wp.org #6 7 Wing Popup – Powerful Popup Builder, Opt-in Forms, Mailchimp and Smart Triggers 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #1 6 too high 8 Cloudways WordPress Migrator 10K+ · 4.2★ (36) wp.org #9 1 too low 9 Pressable Automated Migration 4K+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #10 1 too low 10 Pantheon Migrations 1K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #13 3 too low 11 Integration for Engaging Networks and Gravity Forms 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 8 too high 12 Migrate To Liquid Web & Nexcess 1K+ · 4.0★ (7) wp.org #12 13 WeddingBlocks 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 Clarity SEO 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 1 too low 15 Wing Forms Plugin for WordPress — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 NV oOS Content Graph 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 Amplest Autopilot — AEO & AI Search Optimization for WordPress — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17

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.