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

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

SEO Booster places #4 on merit, 4.8★ from 54 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Advanced Age Verification Popup 700+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #1 2 MyBookTable Bookstore by Stormhill Media 1K+ · 3.8★ (41) wp.org #4 ↑1 2 too low 3 Marijuana Age Verify 1K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 SEO Booster 800+ · 4.8★ (54) wp.org #17 13 too low 5 Offermative – Discount Rules & Upsell Funnels For WooCommerce 20+ · 4.0★ (8) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 RizzPay for WooCommerce: High-Risk & Crypto Payment Gateway 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 3 too high 7 ePayVista Payments: High-Risk Crypto and Card Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 ↓1 2 too high 8 Agy verification 100+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #16 8 too low 9 Ivno Payment Gateway with Instant Approval 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 AgeSentry — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 WAAVE Compliance WP 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 FastoPop — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 2 too high 13 HWG Check — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 Checkpost Age Verification — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 2 too high 15 Highriskify Hosted Checkout Gateway — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 2 too high 16 Vishavjeet Age Consent Banner – Restrict Website Access by Age Verification — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 Agevow – Age Verification & Age Gate — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 2 too high 18 Flaver CBD Calculator 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 CBD Calculator 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 20 Kripto Para Dönüştürücü ve Döviz Hesaplama 40+ · 3.5★ (2) 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.