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

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 “england”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 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

Autify Digital Lloyds® Gateway for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #11 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 100+ 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Property Hive Stamp Duty Calculator 800+ · 3.8★ (5) wp.org #1 2 Shift8 CDN 500+ · 4.4★ (40) wp.org #7 5 too low 3 ProScores – Live Scores 800+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 S SC Simple Zazzle 50+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #4 5 MyBookTable Bookstore by Stormhill Media 1K+ · 3.8★ (41) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 HTML5 Maps 4K+ · 4.6★ (45) wp.org #20 14 too low 7 BZScore – Live Score 500+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #24 17 too low 8 ITBoffins Live Opening Hours Banner & Table 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 5 too high 9 AZScore: Live Score and football fixures and results 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 4 too high 10 Hockey GMS Feed 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 4 too high 11 Elavon Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 T Take Home Pay Calculator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 13 VIESAC – Free VAT Validation for WooCommerce 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 3 too high 14 Interactive UK Regional Map 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 sigora Area Map — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↑3 1 too high 16 ingenidev UK Zones and Counties for WC — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 1 too high 17 AutifyDigital Lloyds® Pay Now for payment 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓2 1 too high 18 Autify Digital Lloyds® Gateway for WooCommerce 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 7 too high 19 Print Trail for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 2 too high 20 Aenima — AI Search Visibility — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 2 too high 21 UK Address Autocomplete & Postcode Lookup for Forms & WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 2 too high 22 EDZNET Geolocation — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 1 too high 23 Broadcaster Auto Responder for Gravity Forms — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 1 too high 24 SportStatsAPI Live Scores & League Tables — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 1 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.