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

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 “wptouch”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 5 of the top 20. 7 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

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Ranked above its merit

MMUnicode Embed shows at wp.org #9 but places #14 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its 50+ 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WPtouch – Make your WordPress Website Mobile-Friendly 40K+ · 3.7★ (341) wp.org #1 2 a3 Lazy Load 80K+ · 4.3★ (148) wp.org #2 3 WP Super Cache 1M+ · 4.3★ (1346) wp.org #3 4 A Advanced Excerpt 80K+ · 4.3★ (101) wp.org #4 5 Genesis Connect for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.1★ (17) wp.org #5 6 FA Lite – WP responsive slider plugin 500+ · 3.7★ (13) wp.org #8 2 too low 7 Target Video Easy Publish 50+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Alpha Cache 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 C Custom Stylesheet Extension for WPtouch 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #10 1 too low 10 Background Slider Master 300+ · 4.5★ (4) wp.org #13 3 too low 11 P Photoswipe for NextGEN Gallery 300+ · 4.5★ (11) wp.org #23 12 too low 12 S Stream Video Player 600+ · 2.6★ (20) wp.org #14 2 too low 13 W WPJaipho Mobile Gallery 50+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 M MMUnicode Embed 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 5 too high 15 C Comments Avatar Lazyload 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #16 1 too low 16 WPtouch čeština 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 5 too high 17 S sovrn WPTouch Mobile Ad Manager 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 2 too high 18 WP-TwitterBadge 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 WP Post Ticker 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 20 N Network Nginx Proxy Cache Purge 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 3 too high 21 I iOS Alternate Theme 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 1 too low 22 W WiPad 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 L LinkWithin Mobile Downsizer 10+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #20 3 too high 24 B Business Open Hours Master 10+ · 3.0★ (1) wp.org #21 3 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.