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

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 “cu”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 8 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.

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Ranked above its merit

HgE: Shipping Zones for FAN Courier Romania shows at wp.org #18 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its 40+ 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 F Facturare WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.9★ (54) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 SmartBill Facturare si Gestiune 5K+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Flexible Quantity & Price Calculator for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.3★ (9) wp.org #3 4 Garanție SGR pentru WooCommerce 90+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #4 5 F Fancy Coming Soon & Maintenance Mode 200+ · 3.0★ (10) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 Returino – Formular de retur for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 7 Romanian billing fields 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Product Page Customizer for WooCommerce 50+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #11 3 too low 9 FriendStore for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #13 4 too low 10 SMS Gateway Press 10+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #21 ↓2 11 too low 11 B BT iPay Payments 1K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 4 too high 12 CU Debug Tool by CodeUnion 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 4 too high 13 Alsendo Connect 600+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 3 too high 14 MaxDev Facturare cu ANAF for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓2 1 too low 15 All-in-one contact buttons – WPSHARE247 3K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 ↓1 3 too high 16 OSC Korean Shipment Tracking — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓2 17 LNH Lunar Calendar 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 18 Shipo 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓2 4 too high 19 Price Sync for eMAG — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓2 4 too low 20 XeVN Loan Schedule Calculator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 4 too low 21 factureaza 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓2 2 too high 22 Dr. Speed: AI Assets Scanner – Debloat & Dequeue Unused CSS/JS — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 ↓2 23 H HgE: Shipping Zones for FAN Courier Romania 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 ↓3 5 too high 24 Dropshipping Romania Avex 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↓2 4 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.