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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “address api”

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 “address api”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 of the top 20. 4 plugins are pushed down for signals wp.org ignores: errors, a host-installed base, or removal risk.

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

Postcode.eu Address Validation shows at wp.org #6 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 17 places. Its 200+ 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.

Buried gem

Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk places #11 on merit, 4.8★ from 3220 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 PixelYourSite – Your smart PIXEL (TAG) & API Manager 400K+ · 4.3★ (281) wp.org #1 2 Autocomplete Address for WooCommerce 7K+ · 4.8★ (24) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 Autocomplete Google Address 2K+ · 4.0★ (25) wp.org #3 ↑1 4 WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – SMTP for Reliable Email Delivery with Gmail, Outlook, Amazon SES, Brevo, Other SMTP & More 4M+ · 4.8★ (5209) wp.org #11 7 too low 5 FluentSMTP – WP Mail SMTP Plugin with Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Cloudflare, toSend, Gmail and Any SMTP 700K+ · 4.8★ (410) wp.org #10 5 too low 6 Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4962) wp.org #14 ↑3 8 too low 7 Address Book for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.9★ (23) wp.org #4 ↓2 3 too high 8 Address Autocomplete Anything – Google Address Autocomplete for Any Form 900+ · 5.0★ (16) wp.org #5 3 too high 9 Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security 5M+ · 4.7★ (5039) wp.org #15 ↑3 6 too low 10 TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation 400K+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #20 ↓1 10 too low 11 Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ · 4.8★ (3220) wp.org #24 13 too low 12 Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1668) wp.org #18 6 too low 13 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #22 ↑1 9 too low 14 Ultimate Maps by Supsystic – OpenStreetMap, Leaflet & Mapbox, No API Key 10K+ · 4.6★ (86) wp.org #21 ↓1 7 too low 15 ELEX WooCommerce Address Validation & Google Address Autocomplete Plugin 700+ · 4.2★ (10) wp.org #9 6 too high 16 JSON API User 1K+ · 3.9★ (21) wp.org #12 4 too high 17 Address Autocomplete via Google for Gravity Forms 1K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #7 10 too high 18 MStore API – Create Native Android & iOS Apps On The Cloud 2K+ · 3.7★ (21) wp.org #16 ↓2 2 too high 19 CoCart – Headless REST API for WooCommerce 900+ · 4.9★ (21) wp.org #17 ↓2 2 too high 20 UK Address Postcode Validation 700+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #8 12 too high 21 C Contact Form 7 to API 1K+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #19 ↓3 2 too high 22 Multiple Shipping And Billing Address For WooCommerce 200+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #23 ↓2 1 too low 23 Postcode.eu Address Validation 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 17 too high 24 IP Address Approval 100+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #13 11 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.