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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “codice fiscale”

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 “codice fiscale”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 18 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

PEC CODSDI PIVA CF shows at wp.org #10 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Fattura24 places #2 on merit, 4.9★ from 96 reviews, but shows at wp.org #6. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 PDF Invoices Italian Add-on for WooCommerce 4K+ · 4.6★ (16) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Fattura24 400+ · 4.9★ (96) wp.org #6 ↓1 4 too low 3 Easy Fattura Elettronica FREE 100+ · 4.9★ (28) wp.org #5 ↓1 2 too low 4 Partita IVA e Codice Fiscale 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #1 3 too high 5 ANAC XML Bandi di Gara 500+ · 4.9★ (17) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 Campi Moduli Italiani 400+ · 4.7★ (6) wp.org #3 ↑4 3 too high 7 WFatture for WooCommerce Fattureincloud 700+ · 4.9★ (37) wp.org #14 ↑1 7 too low 8 WC – APG NIF/CIF/NIE Field 10K+ · 4.8★ (23) wp.org #19 ↓1 11 too low 9 Partita Iva per Fattura Elettronica 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 ↓1 5 too high 10 ilGhera Danea Importer for WooCommerce 30+ · 5.0★ (16) wp.org #21 ↓1 11 too low 11 Ficoo – Fatture in Cloud per WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #16 5 too low 12 ilGhera Danea Exporter for WooCommerce 80+ · 4.7★ (14) wp.org #22 ↓1 10 too low 13 Fiscalità ITA Light 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↓1 6 too high 14 WP SPID Italia 100+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #20 ↓1 6 too low 15 Fatturazione Elettronica WooCommerce veloce e automatica – fatture.help 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 7 too high 16 P Pazienza for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 5 too high 17 Simple Checkout for Italy Lite — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 5 too high 18 DigitalSpace Personal Data Scanner — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 5 too high 19 PEC CODSDI PIVA CF 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 9 too high 20 Feed per Trovaprezzi — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 5 too high 21 SoftGlaze PDF Invoices for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓3 4 too high 22 DN Checkout Extra Fields 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 4 too high 23 Domilocus — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 24 ilGhera Carta della Cultura for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24

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.