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

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 “wp plc”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 2 of the top 17. 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields 100K+ · 4.8★ (418) wp.org #4 ↑1 3 too low 2 TK Paybill and Till Checkout for M-Pesa 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #1 ↑1 1 too high 3 Stock Ticker 2K+ · 4.4★ (21) wp.org #11 8 too low 4 Flying Pay 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 ↓1 2 too high 5 Autify Digital Lloyds® Gateway for WooCommerce 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 AlkaPay Payment Gateway with M-Pesa for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 ↑1 1 too high 7 AutifyDigital Lloyds® Pay Now for payment 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 ↑1 1 too high 8 Sync Sage 100 — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 C CitedBy SEO Fields — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 Marupurupu Checkout for M-Pesa — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 HSBC Open Payments — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 WP PLC Connect — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 1 too low 13 WP PLC Swissknife 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 WP PLC Tag — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 15 Page Listing Categories 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 16 P Premium Link Cloaker Lite 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 Kripto Para Dönüştürücü ve Döviz Hesaplama 40+ · 3.5★ (2) 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.