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

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 “hungary”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 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

Rapyd Payment Extension for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #13 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 11 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.

Buried gem

WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway places #10 on merit, 3.1★ from 237 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WC – APG NIF/CIF/NIE Field 10K+ · 4.8★ (23) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Packeta 8K+ · 4.0★ (9) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Datafeedr WooCommerce Importer 4K+ · 4.8★ (38) wp.org #9 6 too low 4 Amazon Pay for WooCommerce 10K+ · 2.5★ (27) wp.org #4 ↑1 5 U Urvanov Syntax Highlighter 3K+ · 4.5★ (19) wp.org #11 ↓2 6 too low 6 myPOS Checkout 4K+ · 3.3★ (16) wp.org #5 ↑1 1 too high 7 Bizzmags Marketplace 20+ · 4.9★ (9) wp.org #10 3 too low 8 Széchenyi 2020 Logo 1K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #6 ↓2 2 too high 9 GLS Shipping for WooCommerce 2K+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #3 6 too high 10 WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ · 3.1★ (237) wp.org #19 ↓2 9 too low 11 Utánvét Ellenőr 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #7 4 too high 12 B Bitron Right of Withdrawal 400+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #12 13 Portugal DPD Pickup and Lockers network for WooCommerce 200+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #8 5 too high 14 P payabl. Payments Gateway 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 15 payever Checkout – Composable Payment Gateway 800+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 16 Morkva Nova Post 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 bitfox.hu EU támogatás banner – Magyarország — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 18 Creative Ideas Elállás 360 for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓2 2 too low 19 iCard Checkout for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓2 2 too low 20 PromNET Jogi – legal footer & online withdrawal button — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 2 too low 21 Qalyze Website Scanner — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓3 2 too low 22 VIESAC – Free VAT Validation for WooCommerce 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 ↓3 4 too high 23 ElállásiGomb – Online Elállás for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓3 1 too low 24 Rapyd Payment Extension for WooCommerce 500+ · 1.0★ (2) wp.org #13 ↓2 11 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.