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

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 “chaves”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 of the top 20. 5 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

Frete Click shows at wp.org #8 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 10+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Pix por Piggly (para Woocommerce) places #7 on merit, 4.5★ from 73 reviews, but shows at wp.org #11. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 PagBank / PagSeguro e Vindi para WooCommerce 3K+ · 5.0★ (64) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Virtuaria Correios – Frete, Etiqueta, Rastreio e Declaração 500+ · 5.0★ (19) wp.org #5 3 too low 3 PagBank for WooCommerce 4K+ · 3.6★ (7) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 AutoCEP 1K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Pix Automático com Pagarme para WooCommerce 400+ · 4.8★ (21) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 PagHiper Boleto e PIX para WooCommerce 1K+ · 3.5★ (37) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 Pix por Piggly (para Woocommerce) 4K+ · 4.5★ (73) wp.org #11 4 too low 8 Efí Bank 300+ · 3.6★ (19) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 Multibanco, MB WAY, Credit card, Apple Pay, Google Pay, Payshop, and PIX (ifthenpay) for WooCommerce 8K+ · 5.0★ (21) wp.org #24 15 too low 10 Payment On Delivery for WooCommerce 300+ · 4.5★ (10) wp.org #21 11 too low 11 Dolutech Blacklist Protect 40+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 Autentify anti fraud for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #15 3 too low 13 Consensu.io | Conformidade e Consentimento de Cookies para LGPD 200+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 Belluno para WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 4 too high 15 Envio Ecom — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 2 too high 16 QRecebe – Pagamento com QR Code e Copia e Cola for WooCommerce with Pix — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 Moneria para WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↑1 1 too high 18 Frete Click 10+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #8 10 too high 19 FabriSite Sitemapy SEO — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↑1 2 too high 20 iaRe CRM — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓2 2 too high 21 Intelyze — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 2 too high 22 G Gateway de Pagamento Bitcoin Simplificado — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 Virtuaria Serveloja — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↑1 24 GoCache 800+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 4 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.