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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “country redirection”

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 “country redirection”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 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

Wawp Country Code & Chat Widget for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #11 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 400+ 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

RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login places #12 on merit, 4.5★ from 459 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 IP2Location Redirection 7K+ · 4.3★ (43) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ · 4.8★ (7519) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 SEO Redirection Plugin – 301 Redirect Manager 10K+ · 4.3★ (73) wp.org #2 ↑2 1 too high 4 Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads 300K+ · 4.9★ (2433) wp.org #10 ↑1 6 too low 5 IP2Location Country Blocker 30K+ · 4.1★ (128) wp.org #4 ↓3 1 too high 6 SEO Engine – Smart SEO with AI, Schema & Redirection for WordPress 1K+ · 4.9★ (48) wp.org #5 ↑2 1 too high 7 Ultra Addons for Contact Form 7 60K+ · 4.8★ (107) wp.org #7 ↓1 8 All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall 1M+ · 4.7★ (1720) wp.org #9 1 too low 9 Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal 40K+ · 4.8★ (397) wp.org #14 5 too low 10 Simple Membership 40K+ · 4.6★ (475) wp.org #12 ↑4 2 too low 11 Loginizer 1M+ · 4.8★ (1033) wp.org #15 ↓2 4 too low 12 RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login 7K+ · 4.5★ (459) wp.org #23 11 too low 13 ThirstyAffiliates – Affiliate Links, Link Branding, Link Tracking & Marketing Plugin 30K+ · 4.6★ (251) wp.org #24 11 too low 14 R Restrict Products by Country & Country Catalogs for WooCommerce 200+ · 4.7★ (15) wp.org #6 ↓1 8 too high 15 Payment Gateway for Redsys & WooCommerce Lite 20K+ · 4.9★ (87) wp.org #13 ↓1 2 too high 16 Popup Box – Create Countdown, Coupon, Video, Contact Form Popups 50K+ · 4.6★ (82) wp.org #19 ↓1 3 too low 17 Extensions For CF7 (Contact form 7 Database, Conditional Fields and Redirection) 5K+ · 4.9★ (8) wp.org #8 9 too high 18 LinkCentral – URL shortener, Affiliate Links & Custom Link Shortener with Link Tracking 400+ · 5.0★ (19) wp.org #18 ↓1 19 Cool FormKit Lite – Advanced Form Builder for Elementor 20K+ · 4.6★ (25) wp.org #21 ↓1 2 too low 20 Contact Form to Chat Apps | Click to Chat to Order – FormyChat 3K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #20 21 Advanced GeoIP Redirect 900+ · 3.6★ (11) wp.org #17 ↑2 4 too high 22 Wawp Country Code & Chat Widget for WooCommerce 400+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓1 11 too high 23 Easy Country Spam Blocker 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 7 too high 24 Paymob for WooCommerce 5K+ · 3.0★ (4) wp.org #22 ↓1 2 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.