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

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 “tipping”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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

LocalSiteBuilder Tipping for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #4 but places #10 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its — 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Orderable – Restaurant & Food Ordering System 5K+ · 4.6★ (40) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 WPCafe – Restaurant Menu, Online Food Ordering & Table Booking System 5K+ · 4.6★ (113) wp.org #5 3 too low 3 Food Menu – Restaurant Menu & Online Ordering for WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (24) wp.org #7 4 too low 4 Order Tip & Donations for WooCommerce 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #1 3 too high 5 Jovvie Point of Sale POS for WooCommerce 100+ · 4.5★ (22) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 WP Easy Pay – Payment and Donation Form Builder for Square 1K+ · 3.8★ (42) wp.org #9 3 too low 7 Bitcoin and Altcoin Wallets 50+ · 4.8★ (27) wp.org #23 16 too low 8 Dropp Pay Tipping 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 ↑12 5 too high 9 WowRestro – Restaurant Ordering & Operations for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #10 1 too low 10 LocalSiteBuilder Tipping for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 6 too high 11 codoc 2K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 5 too high 12 Tip the Helper — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓1 1 too high 13 Broadcast Live Video – Live Streaming : WebRTC, HLS, RTSP, RTMP 400+ · 2.7★ (14) wp.org #22 9 too low 14 TeraTips — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓2 1 too low 15 Libre Bite – Restaurant POS, Kitchen Display (KDS) & QR Ordering for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 3 too high 16 Ecomtrackify Omni Tips for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓2 17 R Robert22 Admin Bar and Access Control — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 ↓2 4 too high 18 Mega Backing — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 1 too high 19 ZeroBeep Crypto Gateway for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too high 20 Olena Food – Online Ordering for Food Trucks & Restaurants — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↑5 6 too high 21 DonatoTomato – Donation Plugin for Nonprofits – Fundraising & Recurring Giving — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓2 2 too high 22 Link Different – Animated Link Hover Effects for WordPress 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 2 too high 23 Mini App Integration for Farcaster — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 2 too high 24 S Seoceo Reward & Share Poster (打赏分享海报插件) — · 0.0★ (0) 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.