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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “apple ar”

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 “apple ar”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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

Geidea Online Payments for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #12 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 400+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 PausAR – 3D and AR for Elementor 300+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #1 2 Payment Gateway for Redsys & WooCommerce Lite 20K+ · 4.9★ (87) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 WPMobile.App – Android and iOS App Builder 3K+ · 4.8★ (162) wp.org #6 ↑1 3 too low 4 3D Viewer – Turn Product Pages into Interactive 3D Experiences 9K+ · 4.7★ (24) wp.org #5 ↑2 1 too low 5 Moyasar 1K+ · 4.0★ (7) wp.org #2 3 too high 6 Paid Videochat Turnkey Site – HTML5 PPV Live Webcams 10+ · 4.2★ (22) wp.org #16 10 too low 7 Popular Brand Icons – Simple Icons 3K+ · 4.7★ (10) wp.org #19 12 too low 8 Easy Stripe Payments & Donations 10+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #15 ↑1 7 too low 9 3D/AR/VR Model Viewer for WooCommerce 10+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #3 6 too high 10 PausAR – 3D and AR Viewer Metrics 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↑1 2 too high 11 3D Product Customizer & Configurator for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 ↑1 3 too low 12 Mobipaid 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↑1 3 too high 13 Tamara Checkout 3K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 ↑1 6 too high 14 MIPL AI 3D Product Gallery for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↑1 3 too high 15 PegasusCo 3D Previews for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↑1 2 too high 16 Auglio Try-on Mirror 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↑1 6 too high 17 Domilocus — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 18 Captain Social Review — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 Auglio Try-on Mirror 30+ · 3.4★ (5) wp.org #23 4 too low 20 Geidea Online Payments for WooCommerce 400+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #12 ↑1 8 too high 21 Pretpot Massive Addons Kit for Elementor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 22 Paysley 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 2 too high 23 ViveSol Inmo Connect – Real Estate — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 1 too high 24 AI Rank Suite — AI Search, llms.txt, Schema & SEO — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24

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.