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

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 “las”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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

Bold pagos en linea shows at wp.org #7 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 5K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Bulk Edit Products for WooCommerce – WP Sheet Editor places #7 on merit, 4.9★ from 228 reviews, but shows at wp.org #14. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WPS Hide Login 2M+ · 4.8★ (2111) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 La Sentinelle antispam 3K+ · 5.0★ (21) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 WPS Limit Login 100K+ · 4.9★ (83) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 Advanced Shipment Tracking for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.5★ (355) wp.org #10 6 too low 5 LA-Studio Element Kit for Elementor 10K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 Bulk Edit Posts and Products in Spreadsheet 7K+ · 4.8★ (217) wp.org #12 ↑1 6 too low 7 Bulk Edit Products for WooCommerce – WP Sheet Editor 10K+ · 4.9★ (228) wp.org #14 ↑1 7 too low 8 Asesor de Cookies RGPD para normativa europea 20K+ · 3.9★ (59) wp.org #9 1 too low 9 WPS Bidouille 9K+ · 4.9★ (54) wp.org #13 ↓1 4 too low 10 La Poste Pro Expéditions WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #4 6 too high 11 Protección de datos – RGPD 7K+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #6 5 too high 12 PDF Invoices Italian Add-on for WooCommerce 4K+ · 4.6★ (16) wp.org #15 ↑1 3 too low 13 Amministrazione Trasparente 1K+ · 4.9★ (25) wp.org #24 ↓1 11 too low 14 Bible Verse of the Day 3K+ · 4.9★ (11) wp.org #17 ↑1 3 too low 15 Mantenimiento web 20K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #11 4 too high 16 EnvíaloSimple: Email Marketing y Newsletters 1K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #16 ↓2 17 Bold pagos en linea 5K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #7 10 too high 18 VOD Infomaniak 20K+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #8 10 too high 19 Transbank Webpay 10K+ · 3.6★ (14) wp.org #18 ↓1 1 too high 20 OGEEAT 200+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #19 1 too high 21 Lawwwing | Textos legales web y Banner de cookies 700+ · 4.6★ (10) wp.org #21 22 Login Armor 500+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #23 ↓1 1 too low 23 Fastcache by Host.it 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #20 3 too high 24 WPS Child Theme Generator 6K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #22 ↑2 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.