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

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 “doi”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 2 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

Casso Flow – Tự động xác nhận thanh toán chuyển khoản ngân hàng shows at wp.org #6 but places #13 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 200+ 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 Germanized for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.8★ (496) wp.org #3 2 too low 2 Autocomplete Address for WooCommerce 7K+ · 4.8★ (24) wp.org #2 3 VietQR 4K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 Footnotes Made Easy 2K+ · 4.6★ (40) wp.org #4 ↑1 5 GS Books Showcase – Display Books in Grid, Slider & More | Library for WordPress 500+ · 4.8★ (42) wp.org #18 ↑1 13 too low 6 Vietnam Checkout for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (14) wp.org #13 7 too low 7 Newsletter Sign-Up for CleverReach 2K+ · 3.3★ (15) wp.org #7 8 AutoCEP 1K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #20 ↑1 12 too low 9 Reference Manager for WordPress with Footnotes, Citations, Bibliographies, Tooltips and Glossary 60+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 ↑1 1 too high 10 D DOI Creator 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 ↓1 5 too high 11 DevVN – Trang trí Tết Việt Nam 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 ↓1 2 too high 12 Nút Bấm Liên Hệ Dibrother 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 13 Casso Flow – Tự động xác nhận thanh toán chuyển khoản ngân hàng 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 7 too high 14 payOS 400+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #11 3 too high 15 Official CleverReach® Plugin for WooCommerce 400+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #15 16 AIO Tools (All in One Tools) 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 6 too high 17 D Double Opt-In Helper 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 3 too high 18 Wisdom Journal Manager – Research Paper/Process Management 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↑1 1 too low 19 TheLaTeXLab – Citations & Bibliography 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↑1 3 too high 20 All-in-one contact buttons – WPSHARE247 3K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↓1 3 too high 21 Scientific and Interactive Blocks – inseri core 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↑1 1 too low 22 LNH Lunar Calendar 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 Chat App Brasil 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 ↑1 24 LearnPress – Sepay Payment 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↑1 3 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.