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

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 “gumroad”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 2 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 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

Personal Hit Counter shows at wp.org #11 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 30+ 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 Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy 40K+ · 4.7★ (591) wp.org #1 2 All-in-one Sticky Floating Contact Form, Call, Click to Chat, and 50+ Social Icon Tabs – My Sticky Elements 40K+ · 4.9★ (542) wp.org #2 3 Dokan: AI Powered WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution – Build Your Own Amazon, eBay, Etsy 30K+ · 4.6★ (769) wp.org #3 4 Superb Addons: Blocks, Patterns, Pre-built Pages, Sliders, Popups, Free Forms, Animations & More 80K+ · 4.9★ (23) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Superb Social Media Share Buttons and Follow Buttons 6K+ · 4.4★ (11) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 MyBookTable Bookstore by Stormhill Media 1K+ · 3.8★ (41) wp.org #8 2 too low 7 Animated Mouse Cursor Trail 100+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #4 3 too high 8 Embed Repo for GitHub – showcase your open source projects 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 Appsero Helper 40+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #10 1 too low 10 Feedspace Review Widgets 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 Search URL Beautifier 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 1 too low 12 CouponFlow for Gumroad with Contact Form 7 — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 1 too low 13 Auto Responsive Table 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too low 14 Sales Push Notification 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 1 too low 15 Sticky Social Buttons – Floating Chat, Call, Contact, SMS, Email & 50+ Social Icons 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 1 too low 16 Hearald Publisher — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 1 too low 17 Faro Accounting Export for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too low 18 Italian SEO Validator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too low 19 GR Review – Reviews Widget for Google — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 Misha Manko AI Bot Access Checker — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 1 too low 21 SullivanPro Rental Operations Manager — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 1 too low 22 OneEuroLabs License Key Manager — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 LeyMish AI Readiness — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Personal Hit Counter 30+ · 3.0★ (1) wp.org #11 13 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.