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

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 “apm”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 6 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

Simply.IN shows at wp.org #9 but places #15 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 10+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

WooCommerce PayPal Payments places #4 on merit, 2.9★ from 583 reviews, but shows at wp.org #8. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Payment Gateway of PayPal for WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.2★ (79) wp.org #3 2 too low 2 New Relic Reporting for WordPress 500+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 APM Child 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ · 2.9★ (583) wp.org #8 ↑2 4 too low 5 BOX NOW Delivery Croatia + Slovenia 900+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #2 3 too high 6 MetrixWire APM — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 BG Couriers for WooCommerce 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 8 Advanced Post Manager 4K+ · 3.5★ (11) wp.org #23 ↑1 15 too low 9 Nuvei Payments for Woocommerce 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 S Solidgate Payment Gateway for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 11 Perfbase — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 12 Errorgap — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 13 Nexi XPay 7K+ · 3.0★ (7) wp.org #19 6 too low 14 S Solidgate Card Payments and Other for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 Simply.IN 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 6 too high 16 Fabrick Payment Orchestra 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↑4 2 too high 17 Checkout.com Payment Gateway 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #24 7 too low 18 FilaWarden Core — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 3 too high 19 S Solidgate Subscription for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 3 too high 20 Checkout Profiler for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 3 too high 21 Maisy Site Performance Monitor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 3 too high 22 FOXPOST – Packeta Group 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 23 GlobalPayments Gateway Provider for WooCommerce 1K+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #20 ↑1 3 too high 24 PAYCOMET for WooCommerce 2K+ · 2.5★ (4) wp.org #21 ↓1 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.