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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “nova post”

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 “nova post”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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

Nova Post for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #3 but places #12 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 100+ 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

AfterShip Tracking – All-In-One WooCommerce Order Tracking (Free plan available) places #5 on merit, 4.8★ from 633 reviews, but shows at wp.org #11. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 morkva UA Shipping – Nova Poshta, Ukrposhta, Rozetka, Nova Global 1K+ · 4.9★ (29) wp.org #1 ↑3 2 SmartyParcel – DHL Express, GLS, InPost & Nova Post for WooCommerce 7K+ · 4.6★ (56) wp.org #2 ↓1 3 Pixel Manager for WooCommerce – Conversion Tracking, Google Ads, GA4, TikTok, Dynamic Remarketing 40K+ · 4.9★ (399) wp.org #7 4 too low 4 Advanced Shipment Tracking for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.5★ (355) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 AfterShip Tracking – All-In-One WooCommerce Order Tracking (Free plan available) 7K+ · 4.8★ (633) wp.org #11 ↓1 6 too low 6 Text To Speech TTS Accessibility 4K+ · 4.8★ (92) wp.org #10 ↓1 4 too low 7 HTML5 Maps 4K+ · 4.6★ (45) wp.org #22 15 too low 8 Zalomení 6K+ · 5.0★ (15) wp.org #19 11 too low 9 Darven Preços Parcelados 200+ · 4.5★ (4) wp.org #9 ↓1 10 Limb AI Chatbot 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #12 ↓1 2 too low 11 Nova Blocks by Pixelgrade 800+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 ↓1 7 too high 12 Nova Post for WooCommerce 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 ↓1 9 too high 13 Moatline Malware Scanner 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 ↑4 5 too high 14 Morkva Nova Post 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 8 too high 15 TrackFree – All-In-One WooCommerce Order Tracking 100+ · 3.6★ (5) wp.org #14 ↑1 1 too high 16 VoxAI – AI Text to Speech, Audio & Summary for Posts — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #20 4 too low 17 PDF Viewer Nova — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 4 too high 18 Nova Media Cleaner – Duplicate Finder, Clean Unused Images & Media Library Optimizer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 1 too high 19 RepublishAI – WordPress SEO Plugin that Grows Organic Traffic on Autopilot 50+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #24 5 too low 20 AF Translate – AI Translation Editor, PO Editor & POT Generator for WordPress 700+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 1 too low 21 Certloom – Certificate Verification 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 3 too high 22 PressGo AI — Landing Page & Website Builder for Elementor 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↓1 7 too high 23 LLM Bot Tracker – AI Crawler Detection & Analytics 1K+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #23 24 Style Manager 500+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #16 8 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.