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

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 verification”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 4 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

Paydibs Gateway for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #14 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 1K+ 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.

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 #2 ↑1 3 Identity Verification for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (12) wp.org #4 ↓2 1 too low 4 Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce – OTP Verification, Block Fake Signups 2K+ · 4.2★ (20) wp.org #3 ↓2 1 too high 5 Notiqoo – Order Notification & Customer Chat for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.8★ (19) wp.org #6 ↑10 1 too low 6 Order Approval for Woocommerce 1K+ · 4.8★ (23) wp.org #10 ↓4 4 too low 7 Japanized for WooCommerce 10K+ · 3.3★ (21) wp.org #9 ↓5 2 too low 8 Lewebexy Partial COD with Razorpay for WooCommerce 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 ↑2 3 too high 9 Payment Methods by Product & Country for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.2★ (18) wp.org #23 ↓3 14 too low 10 NXT Cloud Chat – CRM, Inbox & OTP Login 30+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #17 ↓8 7 too low 11 ForthFocus SMS – OTP Verification, Order Notifications & Indian DLT for WooCommerce 20+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #18 ↓10 7 too low 12 WALoops Order Notifications, COD Verification & Abandoned Cart for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 5 too high 13 Verse Commerce COD Hub for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 COD Express Checkout 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↓3 6 too high 15 COD & Advance Payment for WooCommerce 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↑2 3 too high 16 Simpler Checkout 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #21 ↓4 5 too low 17 Fast2SMS – OTP Login & SMS Notifications 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 4 too high 18 Costatech COD Checkout Verification for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too low 19 COD to UPI – COD Verification and Prepaid Conversion for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 Clicks Manual Payment Gateways for Pakistan 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↑2 4 too high 21 Bikram COD Order Verification for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓7 1 too low 22 Shipping with Venipak for WooCommerce 1K+ · 2.3★ (6) wp.org #15 ↓3 7 too high 23 Paydibs Gateway for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↓4 9 too high 24 Smart Cash on Delivery Fraud Blocker & OTP Verification for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24 ↓5

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.