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

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 “armenia”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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

Rapyd Payment Extension for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #5 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 19 places. Its 500+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Defender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security & Firewall places #2 on merit, 4.8★ from 334 reviews, but shows at wp.org #14. 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 for Idram 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #1 2 Defender Security – Malware Scanner, Login Security & Firewall 80K+ · 4.8★ (334) wp.org #14 ↓2 12 too low 3 HTML5 Maps 4K+ · 4.6★ (45) wp.org #16 ↓2 13 too low 4 Payment Gateway for Telcell 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too high 5 Payment Gateway for MyAmeriaPay 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too high 6 PlanetStudio Payment Gateway 80+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 ↑5 4 too high 7 TrackFree – All-In-One WooCommerce Order Tracking 100+ · 3.6★ (5) wp.org #6 ↓1 1 too high 8 Brilliant Web-to-Lead for Salesforce 2K+ · 4.4★ (38) wp.org #22 ↓2 14 too low 9 Payment Gateway for Ameriabank 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↓2 1 too high 10 Payment Gateway for IDBANK 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 ↓1 1 too high 11 G Geo Targeted Posts 20+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #23 ↓2 12 too low 12 VIESAC – Free VAT Validation for WooCommerce 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 5 too high 13 DigitalBrains Payment Gateway for Paynet.am — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 3 too high 14 Dramify – AMD to Dram for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓1 3 too high 15 W WP Universal Exchange Informer 10+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #19 ↓2 4 too low 16 League Tables with Standings, Fixtures, Results, Goalscorers, Cards & More! 20+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #24 ↓2 8 too low 17 CatCode Card Payments with Flitt (formerly Fondy) for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 5 too high 18 TAX SERVICE Electronic HDM 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓2 5 too high 19 Paradise Widgets for Elementor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓2 1 too low 20 Teamgate CRM Forms for WordPress 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓2 5 too high 21 TrackingMore Order Tracking for WooCommerce (Free plan available) 700+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #17 ↓2 4 too high 22 I icon4menu 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↓2 1 too high 23 Shipping Servientrega Woocommerce 20+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #18 ↓2 5 too high 24 Rapyd Payment Extension for WooCommerce 500+ · 1.0★ (2) wp.org #5 ↓1 19 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.