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

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 “cas”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 7 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

SePay Gateway shows at wp.org #10 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 2K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

LitCommerce: Sell on eBay, Etsy, Amazon, TikTok Shop, Walmart & more from WooCommerce places #11 on merit, 5.0★ from 284 reviews, but shows at wp.org #22. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #1 2 Smush – Image Optimization, Compression, Lazy Load, WebP & CDN 1M+ · 4.8★ (6053) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 Content Aware Sidebars – Fastest Widget Area Plugin 30K+ · 4.9★ (724) wp.org #5 ↑3 2 too low 4 Easy Google Maps by Supsystic – Custom Markers, Clustering & Map Themes 20K+ · 4.6★ (251) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 WP Cassify 900+ · 5.0★ (16) wp.org #3 ↓1 2 too high 6 Authorizer 6K+ · 5.0★ (20) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 Datafeedr WooCommerce Importer 4K+ · 4.8★ (38) wp.org #7 ↓2 8 F Facturare WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.9★ (54) wp.org #11 ↓1 3 too low 9 12 Step Meeting List 900+ · 5.0★ (28) wp.org #9 ↓2 10 WPS Cleaner 10K+ · 4.3★ (99) wp.org #12 2 too low 11 LitCommerce: Sell on eBay, Etsy, Amazon, TikTok Shop, Walmart & more from WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (284) wp.org #22 ↓5 11 too low 12 Ad Invalid Click Protector (AICP) 10K+ · 4.7★ (62) wp.org #16 ↓3 4 too low 13 Log Emails 6K+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #8 ↓2 5 too high 14 Syncee Premium Dropshipping & Wholesale 1K+ · 4.5★ (49) wp.org #14 ↓3 15 Custom Field Template 30K+ · 4.0★ (24) wp.org #17 ↓3 2 too low 16 Country Code For Elementor Form Telephone Field 10K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #21 ↓3 5 too low 17 VietQR 4K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #13 4 too high 18 SVG Flags – Country Flag Blocks and Galleries 2K+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #19 ↓4 1 too low 19 SePay Gateway 2K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #10 ↓1 9 too high 20 IP2Location Tags 200+ · 3.7★ (9) wp.org #23 ↓7 3 too low 21 HelloAsso 4K+ · 3.6★ (5) wp.org #18 ↑6 3 too high 22 payOS 400+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #20 2 too high 23 Romanian billing fields 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #24 ↓4 1 too low 24 Casso Flow – Tự động xác nhận thanh toán chuyển khoản ngân hàng 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 9 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.