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

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 “bdt”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 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.

Buried gem

Affiliate Program Suite — SliceWP Affiliates places #7 on merit, 4.9★ from 111 reviews, but shows at wp.org #23. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Bangladeshi Payment Gateways – Make Payment Using QR Code 4K+ · 5.0★ (92) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Element Pack Addons for Elementor – MCP & AI-Ready Elementor Widgets, Elementor Templates, Elementor Addons 100K+ · 4.7★ (284) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 Product Table for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.8★ (295) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 UddoktaPay 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #1 3 too high 5 Pixel Gallery Addons for Elementor 4K+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 WPSmartPay – Payment Forms, Invoices, Donations & Subscriptions 100+ · 4.7★ (18) wp.org #10 ↓1 4 too low 7 Affiliate Program Suite — SliceWP Affiliates 10K+ · 4.9★ (111) wp.org #23 16 too low 8 6amTech – Payment Gateway for bKash and WC 100+ · 4.7★ (6) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 CharityGlow — Donations & Fundraising 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #7 ↑1 2 too high 10 SaasPricing – Advanced Pricing & Comparison Tables for Elementor 300+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #8 ↓1 2 too high 11 Subscription Plans Pricing Table 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 3 too low 12 Currency Switcher for WooCommerce – Multi Currency, Auto Rates & GeoIP 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↑1 3 too high 13 PDF Invoice Document Manager for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #17 4 too low 14 Prantor Pay — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 3 too high 15 TS Pay 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 3 too high 16 CodifyCore Payments — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 3 too high 17 FinEngine Calculator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 2 too high 18 PuranPay for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 2 too high 19 Clicks Manual Payment Gateways for Bangladesh — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too high 20 Manfi Expense Tracker — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too high 21 ShaplaPay Payment Gateway with bKash for FluentCart — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 QRPayBD Payments — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 1 too high 23 AutoRenewly Subscriptions for Razorpay — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 1 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.