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

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 “taiwan”, we agree with wp.org 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

Pay with LINE Pay shows at wp.org #7 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 800+ 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

AfterShip Tracking – All-In-One WooCommerce Order Tracking (Free plan available) places #6 on merit, 4.8★ from 633 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order 500K+ · 4.5★ (162) wp.org #1 2 WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin 1M+ · 4.9★ (4228) wp.org #2 3 SimpleTOC – Table of Contents Block 10K+ · 4.9★ (77) wp.org #4 ↑1 1 too low 4 Disable Emails 30K+ · 5.0★ (20) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 WCFM Marketplace – Multivendor Marketplace for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.6★ (449) wp.org #12 ↓1 7 too low 6 AfterShip Tracking – All-In-One WooCommerce Order Tracking (Free plan available) 7K+ · 4.8★ (633) wp.org #16 10 too low 7 ResponsiveVoice Text To Speech 7K+ · 3.9★ (34) wp.org #6 ↑1 1 too high 8 Booking Package 10K+ · 4.0★ (15) wp.org #5 ↑5 3 too high 9 Floating Social Share Icons and Social Share buttons – Next Previous Post Links – FL 200+ · 4.7★ (73) wp.org #13 ↑4 4 too low 10 Captcha by BestWebSoft – Advanced Spam Protection, Math & OCR-Friendly Captcha for Site Forms 10K+ · 4.1★ (21) wp.org #8 ↑4 2 too high 11 Appointment Booking Calendar 1K+ · 4.2★ (92) wp.org #15 4 too low 12 Text To Speech TTS Accessibility 4K+ · 4.8★ (92) wp.org #19 ↑2 7 too low 13 Posts Table with Search & Sort 3K+ · 4.6★ (19) wp.org #10 ↑3 3 too high 14 Stock Ticker 2K+ · 4.4★ (21) wp.org #14 15 Voice Audio Widgets – Voice recorder with Forms, AI Powered STT, TTS, Transcriptions, Language Teaching 300+ · 5.0★ (16) wp.org #17 2 too low 16 All Currencies for WooCommerce 900+ · 3.8★ (9) wp.org #9 ↓1 7 too high 17 Pay with LINE Pay 800+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #7 ↓1 10 too high 18 Popup Like box – Page Plugin 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #23 5 too low 19 Mydybox Taiwan for WooCommerce (台灣商店：核心助手) 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓2 8 too high 20 TrackFree – All-In-One WooCommerce Order Tracking 100+ · 3.6★ (5) wp.org #22 2 too low 21 Donate Me 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #24 3 too low 22 Moksa for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 ↑3 4 too high 23 Pickupp Delivery for eCommerce Shops using WooCommerce 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↓1 3 too high 24 Receive Notifications After Form Submitting – Form Notify for Any Forms 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↑1 3 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.