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

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 “card”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 of the top 20. 3 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

Card Elements for WPBakery shows at wp.org #7 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 500+ 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

Gift Up Gift Cards for WordPress and WooCommerce places #7 on merit, 4.9★ from 235 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Recipe Card Blocks Lite 10K+ · 4.8★ (20) wp.org #1 2 PW WooCommerce Gift Cards 20K+ · 4.7★ (195) wp.org #4 ↓1 2 too low 3 WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ · 2.9★ (583) wp.org #2 ↑10 1 too high 4 WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ · 3.1★ (237) wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too high 5 Payment Plugins for Stripe WooCommerce 100K+ · 4.8★ (303) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 WooCommerce 7M+ · 4.5★ (4833) wp.org #10 ↓4 4 too low 7 Gift Up Gift Cards for WordPress and WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (235) wp.org #19 ↓1 12 too low 8 Code Snippets 1M+ · 4.7★ (510) wp.org #13 5 too low 9 Card Elements for Elementor 3K+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #6 ↓1 3 too high 10 WP Plugin Info Card – Showcase Beautiful Plugin, Theme, and GitHub Cards Anywhere 400+ · 5.0★ (23) wp.org #14 ↓1 4 too low 11 Flip Cards Module For Divi 3K+ · 4.9★ (32) wp.org #17 ↓1 6 too low 12 Stripe Payment Forms by WP Simple Pay – Accept Credit Card Payments + Subscriptions with Stripe 8K+ · 4.4★ (117) wp.org #23 11 too low 13 Flexible PDF Coupons – Gift Cards & Vouchers for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.7★ (31) wp.org #20 ↓1 7 too low 14 Simple Blog Card 3K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #5 ↓1 9 too high 15 Bookmark Card 700+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #9 6 too high 16 WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments 800K+ · 3.4★ (177) wp.org #16 ↑4 17 YITH WooCommerce Gift Cards 10K+ · 3.3★ (53) wp.org #18 ↓1 1 too low 18 Business Card Block – present your team and contact info in style 1K+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #12 ↑3 6 too high 19 Info Cards – Add Text and Media in Card Layouts 2K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #11 8 too high 20 Enable virtual card upload – vcf,vcard 7K+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #15 ↓1 5 too high 21 Rede Itaú for WooCommerce — Payment PIX, Credit Card and Debit 1K+ · 4.3★ (9) wp.org #21 22 Card Elements for WPBakery 500+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 15 too high 23 Cards for Beaver Builder 1K+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too high 24 Tarot Card Oracle 100+ · 3.4★ (5) 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.