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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “cod order form”

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 “cod order form”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 of the top 20. 7 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

PCOD – Partial COD, Payment Gateway Restrictions & Fees | for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #8 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 14 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 2.3★ average from 4 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

WPPizza – A Restaurant Plugin places #9 on merit, 5.0★ from 55 reviews, but shows at wp.org #23. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Smart COD for WooCommerce 30K+ · 4.6★ (52) wp.org #1 2 SMS Alert – SMS Notifications & OTP Login, COD Verification, Abandoned Cart Recovery 3K+ · 4.6★ (35) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Upsell Funnel Builder for WooCommerce – Create Upsells, Cross-Sells, Order Bumps, Frequently Bought, and Popups. 2K+ · 4.7★ (116) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Phone Orders for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (32) wp.org #7 3 too low 5 Germanized for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.8★ (496) wp.org #16 11 too low 6 Notiqoo – Order Notification & Customer Chat for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.8★ (19) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Pay for Payment for WooCommerce – Payment Gateway Fees & Discounts 10K+ · 4.7★ (71) wp.org #17 10 too low 8 Modal COD Form for woocommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #2 6 too high 9 WPPizza – A Restaurant Plugin 900+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #23 14 too low 10 WANotifier for Forms and Actions 900+ · 4.7★ (13) wp.org #12 2 too low 11 Magical Shop Builder – WooCommerce Template Builder for Elementor | Shop, Cart, Checkout & Product Page Builder 3K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #14 3 too low 12 WANotifier for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #9 3 too high 13 Bangladeshi Payments Mobile – MFS Gateway, QR Code, Advance COD Protection, Thermal POS Invoicing & WhatsApp Suite 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #6 7 too high 14 Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce – OTP Verification, Block Fake Signups 2K+ · 4.2★ (20) wp.org #19 5 too low 15 Japanized for WooCommerce 10K+ · 3.3★ (21) wp.org #18 3 too low 16 Abandoned Checkout Recovery & Order Notifications for WooCommerce 800+ · 3.9★ (7) wp.org #20 4 too low 17 GLS Shipping for WooCommerce 2K+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #10 7 too high 18 Lewebexy Partial COD with Razorpay for WooCommerce 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 5 too high 19 One Page Checkout for WooCommerce – OSO Form 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 8 too high 20 Tamara Checkout 3K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 5 too high 21 DPD Baltic Shipping 2K+ · 2.7★ (13) wp.org #24 3 too low 22 PCOD – Partial COD, Payment Gateway Restrictions & Fees | for WooCommerce 100+ · 2.3★ (4) wp.org #8 14 too high 23 COD Express Checkout 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 1 too high 24 Paydibs Gateway for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 3 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.