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

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 “korea”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 of the top 20. 4 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 #11 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 13 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

Delivery & Pickup Date Time for WooCommerce places #5 on merit, 4.9★ from 282 reviews, but shows at wp.org #10. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin 1M+ · 4.9★ (4228) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Advanced Shipment Tracking for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.5★ (355) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Korea for WooCommerce 300+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 AfterShip Tracking – All-In-One WooCommerce Order Tracking (Free plan available) 7K+ · 4.8★ (633) wp.org #7 3 too low 5 Delivery & Pickup Date Time for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (282) wp.org #10 5 too low 6 Seers AI | Cookie Consent Banner – GDPR & CCPA Compliant Consent Management Platform 1K+ · 4.7★ (52) wp.org #9 3 too low 7 Korea SNS 3K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #6 ↓1 1 too high 8 Payssion Plugin for Woocommerce 400+ · 3.3★ (12) wp.org #8 9 Shipment Tracking for WooCommerce – Trackora 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #12 3 too low 10 SizeSync – Size Chart & Size Guide for WooCommerce 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 6 too high 11 Dable 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #17 6 too low 12 TrackFree – All-In-One WooCommerce Order Tracking 100+ · 3.6★ (5) wp.org #13 ↑1 1 too low 13 PayLexer – Payment Integration Solution for WordPress (Stripe, PayPal, Paystack, and more) 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 ↓1 1 too low 14 KOMOJU Payments 1K+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #5 ↑1 9 too high 15 OSC Korean Shipment Tracking — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 16 Bentostudio Mail 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 2 too low 17 Simple Easy Social Login – OAuth Login 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↑2 2 too low 18 FlexyConsent – Cookie Consent Management (GDPR, CCPA, IAB TCF) 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 2 too low 19 S SeoulCommerce Payment Gateway for TossPayments 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 3 too high 20 Korea Address Field for AMem — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↑1 1 too low 21 ESM Web3 Social Connect — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↑1 1 too low 22 Mytory Importer for Tistory — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↑1 1 too low 23 B BlinkHub Wire Importer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Rapyd Payment Extension for WooCommerce 500+ · 1.0★ (2) 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.