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

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 “ing”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 of the top 20. 3 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

ING Lease Now shows at wp.org #6 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 18 places. Its 40+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Download Monitor places #7 on merit, 4.5★ from 525 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Smart COD for WooCommerce 30K+ · 4.6★ (52) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 YayPricing – WooCommerce Dynamic Pricing & Discounts 3K+ · 5.0★ (72) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 Pronamic Pay 2K+ · 4.8★ (84) wp.org #3 4 imoje 2K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #1 3 too high 5 CatFolders Document Gallery & PDF Library 3K+ · 4.5★ (15) wp.org #5 ↑1 6 POS Entegratör – Gurmehub Ödeme Eklentisi 1K+ · 4.7★ (48) wp.org #9 3 too low 7 Download Monitor 80K+ · 4.5★ (525) wp.org #24 ↓1 17 too low 8 Cowboy MCP – Free MCP Server with Undo for Claude & ChatGPT 1K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #10 2 too low 9 Evergreen Content Poster – Auto Post and Schedule Your Best Content to Social Media 90+ · 4.1★ (13) wp.org #13 4 too low 10 FileDeck – Document Library, Download Manager & Client Portal 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #12 2 too low 11 Block Slider – Responsive Image Slider, Video Slider & Post Slider 3K+ · 3.2★ (26) wp.org #19 8 too low 12 wallee 400+ · 2.7★ (9) wp.org #11 1 too high 13 ING Księgowość 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 5 too high 14 SanalPosPRO Payment Gateway 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 7 too high 15 SEPA Manager for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 16 Simple Posting – Free social media scheduling with WordPress & Zapier — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 Vaglio Garanzie e Riparabilità — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↑1 18 ingenidev Buy One Get One Free (BOGO) for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 19 Vaglio Asserzioni Ambientali — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 WeArePlanet 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 6 too high 21 FlexExt Darowizny dla Przelewy24 Lite — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 22 LoquiSoft Pay with Mollie & WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 23 Invum POS Entegratör – Sanal POS ve Taksitli Ödeme — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 24 ING Lease Now 40+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #6 ↓1 18 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.