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

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 “greece”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 5 of the top 20. 5 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

Rapyd Payment Extension for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #14 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 500+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Piraeus Bank WooCommerce Payment Gateway 3K+ · 3.9★ (35) wp.org #1 2 WebP Express 300K+ · 4.4★ (162) wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too low 3 VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS 8K+ · 4.8★ (61) wp.org #2 ↑1 1 too high 4 WP Abstracts 300+ · 4.8★ (36) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 WC – APG NIF/CIF/NIE Field 10K+ · 4.8★ (23) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 myPOS Checkout 4K+ · 3.3★ (16) wp.org #8 ↑1 2 too low 7 Primer MyData for Woocommerce 100+ · 4.2★ (11) wp.org #9 ↓1 2 too low 8 Greek VAT & Invoices for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 Show State Field for WooCommerce 90+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 Softhexa-Orders Tracking for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #16 6 too low 11 BestPrice Analytics Integration 1K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 EveryPay Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 13 F Fusion Pay by tbi bank 1K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 14 Product Feed Manager by Conversios: Google Shopping, TikTok, Meta & 100+ Channels 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 1 too low 15 Smartpoints Lockers for ACS 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 4 too high 16 P payabl. Payments Gateway 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 2 too low 17 BytePlugs Invoice Checkout Fields Timologio 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↑1 2 too low 18 ATH XML Feed for Skroutz – Product XML Feed 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↑1 2 too low 19 Sales Report by Region for Greece for Woo — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↑1 3 too low 20 Greek Regions for WooCommerce 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 3 too low 21 EasyLaunchProducts 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 3 too low 22 WebHosting4U Secure Card Gateway for ePay Paycenter (Piraeus Bank) 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 5 too high 23 VIESAC – Free VAT Validation for WooCommerce 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↓3 2 too high 24 Rapyd Payment Extension for WooCommerce 500+ · 1.0★ (2) wp.org #14 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.