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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “6.6”

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 “6.6”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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

WALL ID Pay By Bank shows at wp.org #11 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 FakerPress 10K+ · 4.9★ (205) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 WP Remove Query Strings From Static Resources 3K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Featured Image with URL 2K+ · 4.9★ (9) wp.org #3 4 morkva Liqpay Extended 400+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #7 3 too low 5 Helcim for WooCommerce 800+ · 3.9★ (7) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 SpeakOut! Email Petitions 2K+ · 4.8★ (43) wp.org #19 13 too low 7 TrueRanker 300+ · 4.6★ (9) wp.org #12 5 too low 8 morkva Checkbox Integration 300+ · 4.8★ (12) wp.org #22 14 too low 9 utm.codes 400+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 Fortnox for WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 Magic Product Video for WooCommerce – Self-Hosted Product Video Gallery 20+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #24 13 too low 12 MORKVA Vchasno Kasa Integration 100+ · 4.4★ (5) wp.org #15 3 too low 13 Demo Importer Plus 10K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 8 too high 14 Anyway Feedback 100+ · 4.0★ (3) wp.org #8 6 too high 15 Logo Slider – Infinite Carousel & Marquee Block 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 Planned Outage for Block Themes 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #18 2 too low 17 DBStorage Insights 40+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #20 3 too low 18 Slider and Carousel Block – Responsive, Accessible 900+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 8 too high 19 SimpleShop 1K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 6 too high 20 WALL ID Pay By Bank 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 9 too high 21 Guten-bubble 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 5 too high 22 W Webshipper – Automated Shipping 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 5 too high 23 ICEPAY for WooCommerce 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 24 Address Autocomplete for WooCommerce 30+ · 5.0★ (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.