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

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

Press3D shows at wp.org #11 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 40+ 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 File Upload Types by WPForms 40K+ · 4.0★ (20) wp.org #1 2 FileBird Document Library 5K+ · 4.9★ (8) wp.org #2 3 Booking Package 10K+ · 4.0★ (15) wp.org #3 4 ABC Crypto Checkout 1K+ · 4.9★ (30) wp.org #7 ↑1 3 too low 5 Helcim for WooCommerce 800+ · 3.9★ (7) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 WC Moneris Payment Gateway 900+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #6 ↑1 7 Importify – AI Dropshipping for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.5★ (27) wp.org #23 ↓3 16 too low 8 CryptAPI Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 400+ · 3.7★ (9) wp.org #10 ↑2 2 too low 9 Euro FxRef Currency Converter (by DKZR) 100+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #17 ↑1 8 too low 10 Flutterwave Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #13 ↑1 3 too low 11 DynaMaker CAD Configurator Integration 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 6 too high 12 Stock Market Overview 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 ↑1 2 too low 13 Airwallex Online Payments Gateway 8K+ · 2.1★ (7) wp.org #9 ↑1 4 too high 14 SKT Donation – Charity and Fundraising Plugin 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 ↑1 6 too high 15 Donation Block For PayPal 600+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #21 ↑1 6 too low 16 Donate Me 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #19 ↑2 3 too low 17 AURPAY WooCommerce – Bitcoin/USDT Crypto Payment Gateway 70+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #20 ↑3 3 too low 18 Press3D 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 7 too high 19 Gold Price Live – Gold & Silver Prices, Charts, Widgets, Melt Value Calculator 200+ · 2.5★ (8) wp.org #12 ↑1 7 too high 20 Accept Cryptocurrencies with Plisio 1K+ · 3.3★ (3) wp.org #24 4 too low 21 HBLPAY Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↑1 6 too high 22 RSS Control 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↑1 6 too high 23 Click & Pledge WPJobBoard 20+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #18 ↑1 5 too high 24 BlockBee Cryptocurrency Payment Gateway 40+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #22 2 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.