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

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 “wpzoom”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 of the top 20.

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

Secondary Product Image for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #14 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 2K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.5★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Advanced Form Integration — Connect Forms to 300+ Apps places #7 on merit, 4.8★ from 91 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block 50K+ · 4.3★ (51) wp.org #2 ↑2 1 too low 2 WPZOOM Connect: Social Icons Widget & Block, Share Buttons & Click to Chat 90K+ · 4.9★ (144) wp.org #5 3 too low 3 WPBruiser Security – No CAPTCHA Anti-Spam & Login Protection 10K+ · 4.6★ (213) wp.org #9 6 too low 4 WPZOOM Portfolio Lite – Filterable Portfolio Plugin 20K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #1 ↑2 3 too high 5 WP Recipe Maker 50K+ · 5.0★ (356) wp.org #15 ↓1 10 too low 6 Recipe Card Blocks Lite 10K+ · 4.8★ (20) wp.org #10 ↓1 4 too low 7 Advanced Form Integration — Connect Forms to 300+ Apps 9K+ · 4.8★ (91) wp.org #19 ↓1 12 too low 8 Customizer Backup & Reset 7K+ · 4.2★ (15) wp.org #8 9 WPZOOM Addons for Elementor – Starter Templates & Widgets 20K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #3 ↓1 6 too high 10 Video Popup Block – YouTube, Vimeo, TikTok Lightbox by WPZOOM 10K+ · 4.7★ (6) wp.org #7 3 too high 11 Zoho Flow – No-Code Workflow Automation 5K+ · 5.0★ (13) wp.org #16 5 too low 12 WPZOOM Forms – Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder for WordPress 10K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 ↓3 8 too high 13 Skyboot Custom Icons for Elementor – Elementor Icons library – 14300+ Icons 200K+ · 5.0★ (22) wp.org #24 ↓2 11 too low 14 WPZOOM Addons for Beaver Builder 4K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 8 too high 15 Optimazz – Website Optimization and Speedup 30+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #21 6 too low 16 Preload Featured Images 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #17 ↓2 1 too low 17 Block Patterns for Food Bloggers 700+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 ↓1 5 too high 18 Inspiro Starter Sites – 20+ Free Demo Templates for Gutenberg & Elementor 10K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↓1 7 too high 19 WPZOOM Beaver Builder Templates 800+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 6 too high 20 WPZOOM User History – Activity Log, Lock Users & Change Usernames 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 2 too high 21 Custom Posts Per Page Reloaded 600+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too high 22 Yamidoo – AI Chatbot & Live Chat for Customer Support 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 23 Remove Profile Dropdown in Admin Bar 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓3 24 Secondary Product Image for WooCommerce 2K+ · 3.5★ (2) wp.org #14 ↓1 10 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.