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

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 detection”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 16 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 #3 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 13 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

Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense places #5 on merit, 4.9★ from 1463 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. 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 ↑1 2 Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads 300K+ · 4.9★ (2433) wp.org #10 ↑3 8 too low 3 WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ · 3.1★ (237) wp.org #2 ↓1 1 too high 4 Quads Ads Manager for Google AdSense 20K+ · 4.9★ (1087) wp.org #12 ↓2 8 too low 5 Advanced Ads – Ad Manager & AdSense 90K+ · 4.9★ (1463) wp.org #17 ↓5 12 too low 6 Wallet for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.7★ (188) wp.org #14 8 too low 7 Giveaways and Contests by RafflePress – Get More Website Traffic, Email Subscribers, and Social Followers 20K+ · 3.9★ (43) wp.org #11 4 too low 8 Paystack WooCommerce Payment Gateway 20K+ · 4.5★ (25) wp.org #9 1 too low 9 Blacklist Manager – WooCommerce Anti-Fraud, Blacklist & Checkout Verification 2K+ · 3.6★ (14) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 FraudLabs Pro for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.2★ (18) wp.org #7 3 too high 11 ClickCease Click Fraud Protection 10K+ · 3.0★ (8) wp.org #4 ↑1 7 too high 12 Campos Checkout Brasileiro para WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (45) wp.org #15 3 too low 13 Stripe Payment Forms by WP Full Pay – Accept Credit Card Payments, Donations & Subscriptions 8K+ · 4.2★ (26) wp.org #19 ↑2 6 too low 14 Payoneer Checkout 5K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #8 6 too high 15 Sensfrx.ai (SFX) – Fraud Prevention for WooCommerce 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #5 ↓1 10 too high 16 Fraud and Scam Detection For WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 13 too high 17 Veracity Bot Detection Tag for WordPress 20+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #20 ↓4 3 too low 18 Ecommerce Fabrick 1K+ · 3.8★ (9) wp.org #21 ↓2 3 too low 19 TrustLens – Fraud Prevention & Chargeback Defense for WooCommerce 20+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #23 4 too low 20 Bolt Checkout for WooCommerce 100+ · 3.0★ (10) wp.org #18 2 too high 21 IronPhantom Fraud Defense 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 8 too high 22 PlatiOnline Payments 700+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #22 ↓2 23 Paystack Easy Digital Downloads Payment Gateway 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↑1 7 too high 24 Authorize.net Payments for WooCommerce 1K+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #24 ↓2

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.