Title: Requesting an algorithm change
Last modified: August 24, 2016

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# Requesting an algorithm change

 *  [jseber1982](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jseber1982/)
 * (@jseber1982)
 * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/requesting-an-algorithm-change/)
 * I have a post that has 6 5star votes.
 * It is beating a post that has 70 5star votes and 1 4star vote.
 * The top ratings page is very important to me and this is a big issue.
 * Do you take into account the amount of votes? Or just strictly a %?
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 *  Thread Starter [jseber1982](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jseber1982/)
 * (@jseber1982)
 * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/requesting-an-algorithm-change/#post-5999050)
 * I made a test.
 * Post with 200 5 stars and 1 4star
    Post with 4 5 stars.
 * The post with 4 5stars beat the 200 post.
 * Yea…. I am a pro subscriber and will not be renewing my sub if this stays the
   case.
 * I am sure it is hard for you guys to come up with algo changes and test them,
   but it just isnt worth it to me if it isnt fixed.
 * Sorry.
 *  Thread Starter [jseber1982](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jseber1982/)
 * (@jseber1982)
 * [10 years, 12 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/requesting-an-algorithm-change/#post-5999055)
 * Maybe for every 10 5star votes.. it beats 1 4star, or something like that.
 *  Plugin Author [Vova Feldman](https://wordpress.org/support/users/svovaf/)
 * (@svovaf)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/requesting-an-algorithm-change/#post-5999357)
 * Hi [@jseber1982](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jseber1982/),
 * First of all, since we are not tracking the support forum on a daily basis, if
   you want to get a quick response time, contact us via [https://rating-widget.com/contact/](https://rating-widget.com/contact/).
 * With regards to your suggestion to change the algorithm – you have a good point!
   The problem is that one formula can work for you, while it might not work for
   others.
 * What you are suggesting is adding weight for number of votes, something like:
   (
   v1 + v2 + … + vN + N*Weight)/N
 * In your specific example, Weight = 0.1, so for example, when there are 9 5-star
   votes, and 1 4-star votes, the avg. rate would be:
    (9×5 + 4 + 10×0.1)/10 = 5
 * In any case, I will open a task on our side so we can set a meeting to discuss
   it internally. I don’t know if / when we’ll implement a new algorithm, but if
   we’ll find something that would make sense for all – we will do it.
 * I’ll keep you posted.
 *  Thread Starter [jseber1982](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jseber1982/)
 * (@jseber1982)
 * [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/requesting-an-algorithm-change/#post-5999391)
 * Thanks
 * Yea maybe there can be different algorithm options for different kinds of sites.
 * I have a picture site with about 500 posts currently. Half of them have 75+ votes
   and they are all beat by posts that have 3×5 stars.
 * I guess one way to do it would be for me to use the option to only show posts
   that have 10+ votes in the rating screen

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 * Last reply from: [jseber1982](https://wordpress.org/support/users/jseber1982/)
 * Last activity: [10 years, 11 months ago](https://wordpress.org/support/topic/requesting-an-algorithm-change/#post-5999391)
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