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

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 “croatia”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 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

Rapyd Payment Extension for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #14 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 500+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway places #7 on merit, 3.1★ from 237 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 MJDD Sidrena Cijena 700+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 WC – APG NIF/CIF/NIE Field 10K+ · 4.8★ (23) wp.org #4 ↑1 2 too low 3 BOX NOW Delivery Croatia + Slovenia 900+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 WSB HUB3 1K+ · 5.0★ (20) wp.org #10 6 too low 5 Product Price History for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 myPOS Checkout 4K+ · 3.3★ (16) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ · 3.1★ (237) wp.org #19 ↓1 12 too low 8 Monri Payments 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 ↑1 5 too high 9 Aplitap Sidrena Cijena i Cjenik 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #11 ↓1 2 too low 10 GLS Shipping for WooCommerce 2K+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #5 ↓2 5 too high 11 Trustprofile and reviews for WordPress 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 Portugal DPD Pickup and Lockers network for WooCommerce 200+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #8 4 too high 13 CorvusPay WooCommerce Payment Gateway 1K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓1 1 too high 14 KEKS Pay for WooCommerce 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 1 too high 15 P payabl. Payments Gateway 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 16 H1Design Contract Withdrawal for WooCommerce 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 1 too low 17 Croatrip Booking — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↑1 3 too low 18 W WP AAI@EduHr Auth — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↓1 2 too high 19 A Autoinovacije – Sidrene cijene i cjenici — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓2 2 too low 20 Web Studio Šime – Sidrena cijena HR for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓2 2 too low 21 Fiskalizator for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 2 too low 22 VIESAC – Free VAT Validation for WooCommerce 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 ↓1 4 too high 23 iCard Checkout for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Rapyd Payment Extension for WooCommerce 500+ · 1.0★ (2) wp.org #14 ↓1 10 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.