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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “3d internet”

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 “3d internet”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

3D Print Pricing Calculator shows at wp.org #3 but places #11 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 50+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Cost Calculator Builder places #9 on merit, 4.5★ from 393 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ · 4.8★ (14387) wp.org #2 ↑1 1 too low 2 PausAR – 3D and AR for Elementor 300+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 FunnelKit Payment Gateway for Stripe WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.9★ (53) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider 60K+ · 4.6★ (504) wp.org #10 6 too low 5 PagBank / PagSeguro e Vindi para WooCommerce 3K+ · 5.0★ (64) wp.org #9 ↓1 4 too low 6 Wonder Slider Lite 8K+ · 4.2★ (24) wp.org #6 ↑9 7 PDF Poster – Let visitors read PDF’s without leaving the page 20K+ · 4.5★ (149) wp.org #15 ↓6 8 too low 8 Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce 7K+ · 4.4★ (66) wp.org #11 ↑1 3 too low 9 Cost Calculator Builder 20K+ · 4.5★ (393) wp.org #20 ↓1 11 too low 10 Document Viewer – let visitors view files right in the browser 2K+ · 4.7★ (52) wp.org #14 ↓3 4 too low 11 3D Print Pricing Calculator 50+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #3 ↓1 8 too high 12 AR for WordPress 300+ · 4.6★ (10) wp.org #8 ↓1 4 too high 13 Verge3D Publishing and E-Commerce 400+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #5 8 too high 14 MakeCommerce for WooCommerce 3K+ · 3.6★ (8) wp.org #7 ↓1 7 too high 15 Flipa PDF Flipbook – PDF Viewer and Page Flip Book 800+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #12 3 too high 16 AR for WooCommerce 50+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #16 ↓2 17 Genolve – AI Business Graphics, Images & Video 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #23 ↓1 6 too low 18 PayZen for WooCommerce 600+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #13 5 too high 19 Holostep: 3D viewer 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 1 too high 20 Eway Payments for Woo 3K+ · 3.2★ (5) wp.org #21 ↓1 1 too low 21 Nochex Payment Gateway for Woocommerce 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1 3 too low 22 HBLPAY Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↓1 3 too high 23 Flitt payment gateway for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too high 24 GlobalPayments Gateway Provider for WooCommerce 1K+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #17 ↓1 7 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.