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

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 “des”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20.

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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

eRecht24 Legal Texts shows at wp.org #10 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 50K+ 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.

Buried gem

Bulk Edit Products for WooCommerce – WP Sheet Editor places #9 on merit, 4.9★ from 228 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 WPS Hide Login 2M+ · 4.8★ (2111) wp.org #1 2 PagBank / PagSeguro e Vindi para WooCommerce 3K+ · 5.0★ (64) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 Asesor de Cookies RGPD para normativa europea 20K+ · 3.9★ (59) wp.org #3 4 WPS Limit Login 100K+ · 4.9★ (83) wp.org #6 ↓1 2 too low 5 Protección de datos – RGPD 7K+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #2 3 too high 6 Bulk Edit Posts and Products in Spreadsheet 7K+ · 4.8★ (217) wp.org #15 ↓4 9 too low 7 Correios Automático – Rastreio, Frete, Etiqueta, Declaração e Devolução 4K+ · 5.0★ (90) wp.org #13 ↓5 6 too low 8 Ubigeo de Perú para Woocommerce y WordPress 4K+ · 4.3★ (24) wp.org #8 ↓1 9 Bulk Edit Products for WooCommerce – WP Sheet Editor 10K+ · 4.9★ (228) wp.org #23 ↓2 14 too low 10 Voyapp Chile – Lugares y Cotizador de Despachos 300+ · 4.8★ (16) wp.org #9 ↑6 1 too high 11 Libro de Reclamaciones y Quejas 3K+ · 3.8★ (10) wp.org #5 6 too high 12 WPS Bidouille 9K+ · 4.9★ (54) wp.org #20 ↓2 8 too low 13 Accesibilidad Web con el Widget de AccedeMe 1K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #7 ↓1 6 too high 14 Lawwwing | Textos legales web y Banner de cookies 700+ · 4.6★ (10) wp.org #12 ↓2 2 too high 15 NIF (Num. de Contribuinte Português) for WooCommerce 5K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #16 ↓2 1 too low 16 Werk aan de Muur 900+ · 4.5★ (6) wp.org #11 ↓2 5 too high 17 Mantenimiento web 20K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #22 ↓2 5 too low 18 QCode – Departamentos y Ciudades de Colombia para Woocommerce 900+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #19 ↓2 1 too low 19 SmartAgenda – Prise de rendez-vous en ligne 300+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #24 ↓2 5 too low 20 VOD Infomaniak 20K+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #18 ↓2 2 too high 21 PagBank for WooCommerce 4K+ · 3.6★ (7) wp.org #21 ↓2 22 eRecht24 Legal Texts 50K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 ↑3 12 too high 23 Comprobante de Pago Perú 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 6 too high 24 Wompi Portal de Pagos 6K+ · 2.0★ (4) wp.org #14 ↓2 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.