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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “belgian post”

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 “belgian post”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 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.

Ranked above its merit

eID Easy shows at wp.org #3 but places #10 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 100+ 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

Business Hours Indicator places #5 on merit, 4.9★ from 60 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 FunnelKit Payment Gateway for Stripe WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.9★ (53) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 Easy Property Listings 5K+ · 4.7★ (112) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 Booking for Appointments and Events Calendar – Amelia 90K+ · 4.6★ (793) wp.org #5 ↑1 2 too low 4 WebToffee EU Order Withdrawal Button for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #7 3 too low 5 Business Hours Indicator 7K+ · 4.9★ (60) wp.org #16 ↓2 11 too low 6 POP – e-invoicing for WooCommerce: SdI, PEPPOL, KSeF (ex-WooPop) 90+ · 4.9★ (15) wp.org #11 ↑1 5 too low 7 MyParcel 8K+ · 3.9★ (48) wp.org #12 ↓2 5 too low 8 Order Delivery Date for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.3★ (61) wp.org #17 ↓1 9 too low 9 LocalForm – Form Builder for Contact Forms, Surveys & Event Registration 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 ↑1 5 too high 10 eID Easy 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 ↑1 7 too high 11 PostNL for WooCommerce 4K+ · 2.5★ (41) wp.org #15 4 too low 12 Pay. Payment Methods for WooCommerce 3K+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #8 4 too high 13 VIESAC – Free VAT Validation for WooCommerce 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 7 too high 14 Ploegkalender België — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 5 too high 15 Chatbot Flow — AI Chatbot for Your Site — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↑1 5 too high 16 Optimi AI Search – Product Search for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 3 too high 17 Peppol Plugged 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 3 too high 18 WPayme – Payment Forms, Donations & Subscriptions for PayPal & Razorpay — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 Easy Server Side Tracking — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 20 Dismiss Gutenberg Nag 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20

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.