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

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 “georgia”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 7 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

Testimonial Block shows at wp.org #5 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 18 places. Its 500+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Easy Watermark 30K+ · 3.7★ (159) wp.org #3 ↓1 2 too low 2 UniPAY Payment Gateway For WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Easy Media Download 8K+ · 4.0★ (28) wp.org #2 ↓1 1 too high 4 HashBar – Announcement, Notification Bar & Popup Campaign 9K+ · 4.2★ (38) wp.org #10 ↓4 6 too low 5 Small Package Quotes – UPS Edition 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too high 6 Button Group 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 7 QuickPay.ge – Georgian Payments for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↓4 1 too low 8 VIESAC – Free VAT Validation for WooCommerce 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 Number Counter 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 2 too low 10 EB Openverse Block 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 2 too low 11 Optimist Hub Payment Gateway with United Payment for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓5 2 too low 12 E Exit-Intent Popup 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓7 2 too low 13 CatCode Card Payments with Flitt (formerly Fondy) for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 2 too low 14 Excelsior Currency Converter — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓8 3 too low 15 Brainstorm Cafe Podcast Player 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↑1 3 too low 16 Xinc Events for Dice — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓9 3 too low 17 Web-Safe Fonts for Editor by RotiStudio — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓9 3 too low 18 SoftGlaze Maintenance Mode & Coming Soon — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 2 too high 19 Acumen Popup — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓9 2 too low 20 L LoginKit — Login Page Customizer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓9 2 too low 21 Teamgate CRM Forms for WordPress 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓9 2 too low 22 HustlePay Mobile Counter — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓9 2 too low 23 Testimonial Block 500+ · 3.0★ (1) wp.org #5 18 too high 24 Rapyd Payment Extension for WooCommerce 500+ · 1.0★ (2) wp.org #9 ↓4 15 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.