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

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 “iris”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 4 of the top 20. 2 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

VIESAC – Free VAT Validation for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #12 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its 20+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Checkout Gateway for IRIS 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #1 2 Iris AI – AI Homepage, Chatbot & Site Assistant 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 3 Piraeus Bank WooCommerce Payment Gateway 3K+ · 3.9★ (35) wp.org #21 ↓3 18 too low 4 Fast Fuzzy Search – WordPress & WooCommerce Live Search 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 ↑1 2 too low 5 Oxygen MyData for WooCommerce 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 ↑2 2 too high 6 Iris Theme Kit 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 ↓1 2 too high 7 Octobyte IRIS Payments for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 ↓1 2 too high 8 EveryPay Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↓1 1 too high 9 Bytenet Static QR Payments with IRIS for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 10 I Iris Translate — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 11 M Moenco Store Connector for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 12 WebHosting4U Secure Card Gateway for ePay Paycenter (Piraeus Bank) 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 4 too high 13 Pay4All for myPOS – For WooCommerce & Pay4All Shop 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 14 AcademicCrew — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 15 MailProbe – Stop Fake Signups — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 16 Nexi XPay 7K+ · 3.0★ (7) wp.org #23 ↓2 7 too low 17 VIESAC – Free VAT Validation for WooCommerce 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 5 too high 18 ZCBRG Admin Color Labels — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓2 2 too high 19 Iridys Palette Extender — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓2 2 too high 20 Doppler Easy Multichannel Marketing enhanced with IA 600+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #24 4 too low 21 MoxKit Addons for Elementor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 3 too high 22 Voicgen – AI Text to Speech & Media Player — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓3 2 too high 23 X XMPP Statistics 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓3 4 too high 24 MetaForge Engine — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 2 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.