Question 1

How does AppRanks rank the bar WordPress apps?

Accepted Answer

Programmatic WordPress app filter for "bar" — the top 20 apps matching this filter, ranked by AppRanks' Bayesian-ish blend of average rating × natural log of review count. The blend formula is rating × ln(reviewCount + 1); the +1 keeps the score finite for apps with zero reviews, which damps the influence of high-rating-low-review outliers without excluding them outright, and lets very-large-but-mid-rated apps still rank competitively. The category membership comes from the marketplace's own taxonomy — apps appear here only when the marketplace itself classifies them under the requested category, so the list mirrors what a category-browsing merchant would see. The category lookup happens at request time, so the list reflects the freshest ranking data; cached for 1h at the CDN to absorb traffic spikes. AppRanks does not editorially promote or demote apps based on advertiser or partnership status. Updated every 24 hours from the canonical WordPress marketplace listing.

Question 2

How often is the bar WordPress apps list updated?

Accepted Answer

AppRanks refreshes this list every 24 hours from the canonical WordPress marketplace listing. Apps that meet the "bar" filter at refresh time enter the list; apps that fall out of the filter (e.g., a Built-for-Shopify badge revocation, a free→paid pricing change, or removal from the marketplace) drop off in the next nightly snapshot. Position changes within the list reflect real metric changes, not editorial weighting — AppRanks does not promote or demote based on advertiser status.

Question 3

Does AppRanks accept payment to influence this bar apps ranking?

Accepted Answer

No. AppRanks does not accept payment, sponsorship, or any commercial relationship that would influence ranking, list inclusion, or the methodology behind the curation. Subscription revenue funds dashboard access for tracked-app monitoring; it does not buy influence over public surfaces. Errors can be reported to the corrections inbox documented on the About page; corrections are investigated within one refresh cycle.

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