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

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 “tms”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 3 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

GreenPay(tm) by Green.Money shows at wp.org #8 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.7★ average from 6 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

YayCurrency – WooCommerce Multi-Currency Switcher places #6 on merit, 4.8★ from 114 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 TI WooCommerce Wishlist 100K+ · 4.7★ (503) wp.org #2 ↑2 1 too low 2 Spotlight Social Photo Feed 60K+ · 4.7★ (171) wp.org #4 ↓1 2 too low 3 UserFeedback – Create Interactive Feedback Form, User Surveys, and Polls in Seconds 200K+ · 4.8★ (309) wp.org #6 ↑1 3 too low 4 Intagrate Lite 4K+ · 4.1★ (27) wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too high 5 WebToffee WooCommerce PDF Invoices, Packing Slips, Delivery Notes & Shipping Labels 50K+ · 4.9★ (285) wp.org #9 ↑1 4 too low 6 YayCurrency – WooCommerce Multi-Currency Switcher 7K+ · 4.8★ (114) wp.org #11 5 too low 7 Phrase TMS Integration for WordPress 200+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #1 6 too high 8 Current Year, Symbols and IP Shortcode 10K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #7 ↓1 1 too high 9 French Typo 200+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #5 4 too high 10 Ray Enterprise Translation 7K+ · 2.6★ (48) wp.org #13 3 too low 11 ShipWorks Connector for Woocommerce 200+ · 4.8★ (10) wp.org #14 ↓1 3 too low 12 P Payment Gateway for PayPal Pro on WooCommerce 90+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #15 ↓1 3 too low 13 Cryptex | E-Mail Address Protection 800+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 T TMS Extensions for Polylang 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 4 too high 15 Travelmanager – Tours, Tickets & Bookings 40+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #24 ↓1 9 too low 16 TMS Blocks — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 17 SpeedSize Image & Video AI-Optimizer 400+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 18 TM Floating Multi-Chat Buttons 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 19 T TMS Core Essentials — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 20 T TMS Block Kit — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 21 Really Simple Google Tag Manager (GTM) 4K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 22 Talking Monkey Insights 90+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 1 too low 23 Lokalise Companion Plugin 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too high 24 GreenPay(tm) by Green.Money 100+ · 1.7★ (6) wp.org #8 16 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.