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

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 “finance”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 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

Flexible Invoices for WooCommerce – KSeF Add-on shows at wp.org #7 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 700+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

ERP: Complete HR, Accounting & CRM Suite Built for WooCommerce places #6 on merit, 4.4★ from 149 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2144) wp.org #1 2 WP RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, Feed to Post, Autoblogging, AI Content 40K+ · 4.5★ (565) wp.org #12 ↓1 10 too low 3 Ever Accounting – Accounting & Invoicing Solution for Small Businesses 1K+ · 4.8★ (24) wp.org #6 ↑1 3 too low 4 Financial Calculator 400+ · 3.8★ (4) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 CURCY – Multi Currency for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.3★ (227) wp.org #18 13 too low 6 ERP: Complete HR, Accounting & CRM Suite Built for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.4★ (149) wp.org #20 ↓3 14 too low 7 Mortgage Calculators WP 2K+ · 4.7★ (10) wp.org #9 ↑1 2 too low 8 Money Manager 200+ · 5.0★ (16) wp.org #15 7 too low 9 Loan Calculator WP 2K+ · 5.0★ (24) wp.org #21 ↓5 12 too low 10 Cost Calculator for Contact Form 7 – Price Calculator Free 5K+ · 3.8★ (15) wp.org #10 ↑3 11 Payrexx Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 2K+ · 3.5★ (11) wp.org #8 ↓3 3 too high 12 CHIP for WooCommerce 4K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 ↓1 8 too high 13 zahls.ch Credit Cards, PostFinance and TWINT for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.9★ (7) wp.org #13 ↓4 14 Stock Market Ticker 2K+ · 3.7★ (15) wp.org #16 ↓2 2 too low 15 Inspiro Starter Sites – 20+ Free Demo Templates for Gutenberg & Elementor 10K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 ↓1 12 too high 16 Snap Finance 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 ↓1 11 too high 17 Currency Converter Calculator 1K+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #22 ↓2 5 too low 18 Cost Calculator for Elementor 500+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #11 ↓3 7 too high 19 Stockdio Historical Chart 800+ · 3.9★ (7) wp.org #24 ↓3 5 too low 20 Flexible Invoices for WooCommerce – KSeF Add-on 700+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #7 ↓1 13 too high 21 Stock Market Overview 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 ↓2 7 too high 22 Stock market charts from finviz 400+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #23 ↓4 1 too low 23 Exchange Rates Widget 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #19 ↓4 4 too high 24 Loan Calculator 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 7 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.