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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “world clock”

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 “world clock”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 17 of the top 20. 3 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

IP2Location World Clock shows at wp.org #4 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 200+ 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

WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher places #9 on merit, 4.8★ from 514 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Kadence Security – Password, Two Factor Authentication, and Brute Force Protection 700K+ · 4.6★ (3992) wp.org #5 3 too low 3 Simple Digital Clock 🕒 500+ · 4.3★ (12) wp.org #3 4 Termly – GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 80K+ · 3.6★ (204) wp.org #9 ↓1 5 too low 5 WP Compress – Instant Performance & Speed Optimization 9K+ · 4.5★ (155) wp.org #12 7 too low 6 Accessibility Widget by OneTap – Easy One-Click Accessibility Toolbar 60K+ · 4.9★ (80) wp.org #14 ↑2 8 too low 7 Visitor Traffic Real Time Statistics 30K+ · 4.1★ (233) wp.org #16 9 too low 8 World Clocks 100+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #1 7 too high 9 WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher 10K+ · 4.8★ (514) wp.org #21 ↓1 12 too low 10 AI ChatBot for WooCommerce – WoowBot 1K+ · 4.8★ (19) wp.org #11 1 too low 11 Buttonizer – Floating Menus, Sticky Buttons, & Popup Builder 70K+ · 4.5★ (151) wp.org #15 4 too low 12 Advanced Media Offloader – Offload Media to Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2, DigitalOcean Spaces & More 7K+ · 4.7★ (48) wp.org #18 ↓4 6 too low 13 Slider Hero with Video Background, Animation 3K+ · 4.8★ (34) wp.org #19 ↓1 6 too low 14 WebinarPress – Webinar System for WordPress 800+ · 4.1★ (40) wp.org #23 ↓1 9 too low 15 LandTech Extras for Elementor 80+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 ↑1 9 too high 16 Popup builder with Gamification, Multi-Step Popups, Page-Level Targeting, and WooCommerce Triggers 70K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #20 4 too low 17 IP2Location World Clock 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 13 too high 18 Blockenberg — 645 Advanced Gutenberg Blocks, 683 Templates and AI Agent for WordPress Block Editor 1K+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #8 ↑2 10 too high 19 Time.now Clock Widget 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↓1 12 too high 20 Local Time Clock 1K+ · 3.1★ (10) wp.org #13 7 too high 21 Currency.Wiki World Clock – Time Zones & Clock Widget — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 11 too high 22 HappyVR – Virtual Tour Builder & 360 Panorama Viewer 70+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #17 5 too high 23 PlexBlocks – Business Hours for Block Editor 90+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Dynamic Post – AI Content – White Paper – Peer Review – Tax & Accounting Sites 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 ↓1 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.