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

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 “rsa”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 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

Finachub Mobile Money Checkout for WooCommerce (M-Pesa, Airtel, MTN) shows at wp.org #3 but places #8 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its 200+ 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.

Buried gem

Oliver POS – WooCommerce POS for iPhone, iPad & Android places #4 on merit, 4.2★ from 90 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 UpdraftCentral Dashboard 5K+ · 4.5★ (22) wp.org #1 2 WP OAuth Server ( Login with WordPress ) 1K+ · 4.9★ (41) wp.org #2 3 BuddyMeet 600+ · 4.7★ (14) wp.org #8 ↓1 5 too low 4 Oliver POS – WooCommerce POS for iPhone, iPad & Android 700+ · 4.2★ (90) wp.org #10 6 too low 5 Campi Moduli Italiani 400+ · 4.7★ (6) wp.org #4 ↑5 1 too high 6 wp2pgpmail 80+ · 4.4★ (5) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 PGP Key Generator 50+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #6 ↓2 1 too high 8 Finachub Mobile Money Checkout for WooCommerce (M-Pesa, Airtel, MTN) 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 5 too high 9 O OpenID Connect Server 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↓1 2 too high 10 RSA HTML Converter for Elementor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 1 too high 11 Keskintech Marketplaces — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #17 6 too low 12 CoCart JWT Authentication 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 1 too high 13 morkva NovaPay 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 MIA, Bank Card & StarCard Payment Gateway for VictoriaBank (Community Edition) 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 15 Webfiable Análisis de Sitios 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 1 too low 16 ANON::form embedded secure form 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 3 too high 17 2khat Catalog Sync 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too low 18 GreenPay Payment Service 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too low 19 Headless SSO Plugin for WP 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 4 too high 20 Simple JWT Auth – JWT Authentication for WP REST API — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 21 JWT Selector Authenticator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 22 Pinpeo Gateway — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 K Keyless Login — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 24 Secure Login Collector — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24

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.