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

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 “swiss”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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

Payrexx Payment Gateway for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #10 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 2K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.5★ average from 11 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 #10 on merit, 4.8★ from 633 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Addon Elements for Elementor (formerly Elementor Addon Elements) 80K+ · 4.8★ (172) wp.org #3 2 too low 2 Jim Soft Swiss QR Invoice 500+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Nested Pages 90K+ · 4.7★ (126) wp.org #5 ↓1 2 too low 4 Advanced Shipment Tracking for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.5★ (355) wp.org #4 ↑1 5 sqrip.ch 100+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #2 3 too high 6 OAuth Single Sign On – SSO (OAuth Client) 6K+ · 4.9★ (327) wp.org #11 ↓3 5 too low 7 TrustedSite 10K+ · 4.2★ (26) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 My Agile Privacy® – CMP, Cookie Consent & Privacy Tools 7K+ · 5.0★ (19) wp.org #8 ↑1 9 hCaptcha for WP 70K+ · 4.6★ (88) wp.org #13 ↓3 4 too low 10 AfterShip Tracking – All-In-One WooCommerce Order Tracking (Free plan available) 7K+ · 4.8★ (633) wp.org #24 14 too low 11 Quick Featured Images 50K+ · 4.7★ (235) wp.org #21 10 too low 12 Booking Package 10K+ · 4.0★ (15) wp.org #7 ↑7 5 too high 13 FunnelKit Payment Gateway for Stripe WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.9★ (53) wp.org #19 6 too low 14 Currency Converter Widget 2K+ · 4.9★ (88) wp.org #16 2 too low 15 zahls.ch Credit Cards, PostFinance and TWINT for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.9★ (7) wp.org #9 ↓2 6 too high 16 Order Tip for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.3★ (16) wp.org #12 4 too high 17 European VAT Compliance Assistant for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.8★ (26) wp.org #22 5 too low 18 Vision – Interactive Image Map with Hotspots Builder 2K+ · 4.9★ (9) wp.org #17 1 too high 19 Polski for WooCommerce 60+ · 4.8★ (10) wp.org #14 5 too high 20 Payrexx Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 2K+ · 3.5★ (11) wp.org #10 ↑1 10 too high 21 All Currencies for WooCommerce 900+ · 3.8★ (9) wp.org #18 3 too high 22 CryptAPI Payment Gateway for WooCommerce 400+ · 3.7★ (9) wp.org #20 2 too high 23 Business Card Block – present your team and contact info in style 1K+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #23 ↑1 24 Biskoui 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 9 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.