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

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 “fraud”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 of the top 20. 6 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

Fraud and Scam Detection For WooCommerce shows at wp.org #5 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 14 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.

Buried gem

Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads places #3 on merit, 4.9★ from 2433 reviews, but shows at wp.org #13. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ · 2.9★ (583) wp.org #1 ↑2 2 WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ · 3.1★ (237) wp.org #2 ↓1 3 Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads 300K+ · 4.9★ (2433) wp.org #13 ↑9 10 too low 4 Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense 90K+ · 4.9★ (1463) wp.org #10 6 too low 5 Quads Ads Manager for Google AdSense 20K+ · 4.9★ (1087) wp.org #12 ↓1 7 too low 6 Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce 100K+ · 3.9★ (693) wp.org #8 ↑1 2 too low 7 Fraud Prevention For WooCommerce and EDD 4K+ · 3.7★ (23) wp.org #4 ↓2 3 too high 8 ClickCease Click Fraud Protection 10K+ · 3.0★ (8) wp.org #3 ↑3 5 too high 9 Wallet for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.7★ (188) wp.org #15 6 too low 10 Ads.txt Manager 100K+ · 4.7★ (15) wp.org #11 ↓1 1 too low 11 Blacklist Manager – WooCommerce Anti-Fraud, Blacklist & Checkout Verification 2K+ · 3.6★ (14) wp.org #6 ↓2 5 too high 12 FraudLabs Pro for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.2★ (18) wp.org #9 ↓1 3 too high 13 Campos Checkout Brasileiro para WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (45) wp.org #18 5 too low 14 Giveaways and Contests by RafflePress – Get More Website Traffic, Email Subscribers, and Social Followers 20K+ · 3.9★ (43) wp.org #24 ↓3 10 too low 15 Revolut Gateway for WooCommerce 7K+ · 3.2★ (45) wp.org #22 ↓8 7 too low 16 Sensfrx.ai (SFX) – Fraud Prevention for WooCommerce 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #7 9 too high 17 PayPal Enterprise Payments (formerly Braintree) for WooCommerce 10K+ · 2.6★ (50) wp.org #21 ↑3 4 too low 18 Payoneer Checkout 5K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #19 ↓3 1 too low 19 Fraud and Scam Detection For WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 14 too high 20 TrustLens – Fraud Prevention & Chargeback Defense for WooCommerce 20+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #23 ↓6 3 too low 21 Checkout Guard – Block Fake Orders, Spam & Fraud for WooCommerce 90+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #16 ↓3 5 too high 22 I Inspire Commerce Gateway for WooCommerce 10K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #20 2 too high 23 IronPhantom Fraud Defense 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #17 6 too high 24 Kount Fraud Prevention 30+ · 3.0★ (2) 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.