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

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 “epc”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 0 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 it throws errors on current PHP, whether the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WSB HUB3 1K+ · 5.0★ (20) wp.org #1 2 Property Hive 3K+ · 4.9★ (96) wp.org #4 ↓1 2 too low 3 Affiliate Sales in Google Analytics and other tools 1K+ · 4.8★ (12) wp.org #2 ↓1 1 too high 4 Custom PHP Settings 10K+ · 4.4★ (15) wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too high 5 WPify Woo – Withdrawal, CRN/VAT, QR payments, Heureka and more for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (49) wp.org #5 ↓1 6 CodeColorer 1K+ · 4.9★ (11) wp.org #6 ↓1 7 Donation QR Block 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↓1 8 Asteris Affiliates – Affiliate Program & Referral Tracking for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 1 too low 9 AffiStyle – Affiliate Product Cards & Box Builder — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 1 too low 10 QR platba bankovním převodem pro WooCommerce (SPAYD a Pay by square) — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 ↓1 2 too high 11 MakeMeHappy QR Code — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓2 12 SEPA Manager for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓1 13 JeyTech Order Transfer QR for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓3 14 QROVA QR Codes & Girocode — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓2 15 RISET – Project Profit & Expense Tracker — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓2 16 Zirkel Virtual IBAN for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓2 17 LightPOS – Pokladní systém (POS) pro WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 18 Vollstart POS Desk — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓2 19 Yadokko Hotel Cards — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓4 20 DriveQuote — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓3 21 AreaIntelig Lite — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓3 22 Vachr Appointments – Online Booking System — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 Tevrna Estate Manager & CRM — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 24 Athuga Affiliate Analytics — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓5

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.