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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “lightning address”

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 “lightning address”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 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

Smart Autocomplete Address shows at wp.org #5 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 14 places. Its 30+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher places #6 on merit, 4.8★ from 514 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 SMTP2GO for WordPress – Email Made Easy 40K+ · 5.0★ (67) wp.org #3 ↑1 2 too low 2 Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget 100K+ · 4.8★ (401) wp.org #11 9 too low 3 WP Change Email Sender 10K+ · 4.9★ (10) wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too low 4 Envira Gallery – Image Photo Gallery, Albums, Video Gallery, Slideshows & More 100K+ · 4.7★ (1597) wp.org #16 ↓6 12 too low 5 Blink For WooCommerce 50+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #2 3 too high 6 WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher 10K+ · 4.8★ (514) wp.org #19 ↓1 13 too low 7 MxChat – AI Chatbot & Content Generation for WordPress 2K+ · 5.0★ (31) wp.org #10 ↑9 3 too low 8 BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #13 ↑2 5 too low 9 Accept Bitcoin with your Lightning Address — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #1 8 too high 10 FluentSnippets – High-Performance Code Snippets, Header & Footer Code, Custom CSS & PHP Code Manager 50K+ · 4.7★ (78) wp.org #15 5 too low 11 Realtyna Organic IDX plugin + WPL Real Estate 1K+ · 4.7★ (203) wp.org #18 ↓2 7 too low 12 Tockify Events Calendar 2K+ · 4.5★ (20) wp.org #8 4 too high 13 WPC Buy Now Button for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (15) wp.org #9 4 too high 14 SpinupWP 30K+ · 5.0★ (13) wp.org #12 2 too high 15 UiPress lite | Effortless custom dashboards, admin themes and pages 6K+ · 4.1★ (21) wp.org #14 ↓1 1 too high 16 Tagembed: Social Media Feeds and Customer Reviews Widget 9K+ · 3.9★ (62) wp.org #22 ↓2 6 too low 17 Bitcoin Lightning Publisher for WordPress 80+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #6 ↓1 11 too high 18 KiviCare – Clinic & Patient Management System (EHR) 1K+ · 3.6★ (23) wp.org #23 ↓2 5 too low 19 Smart Autocomplete Address 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 ↑2 14 too high 20 Bangladeshi Payments Mobile – MFS Gateway, QR Code, Advance COD Protection, Thermal POS Invoicing & WhatsApp Suite 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #20 21 Bitcoin payment for WooCommerce 60+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 ↓1 14 too high 22 Speed Bitcoin and Stablecoin Payments for WooCommerce 60+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #21 ↓4 1 too high 23 AURPAY WooCommerce – Bitcoin/USDT Crypto Payment Gateway 70+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #24 ↓2 1 too low 24 BareBits – Lightning Payments via Bitcoin — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↓3 7 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.