wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “transfers”
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 “transfers”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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
Interac e-Transfer / Email Money Transfer (EMT) Gateway for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #11 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 300+ 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
WP Mail Logging places #10 on merit, 4.7★ from 375 reviews, but shows at wp.org #15. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.
WooCommerce 7M+ · 4.5★ (4833)
wp.org #1 2 
Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More 1M+ · 4.9★ (4940)
wp.org #2 3 
WP STAGING – Backups & Restore, Migration & Clone Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups 100K+ · 4.8★ (2470)
wp.org #3 4 
Migrate Guru – Site Migration & Cloning 200K+ · 4.9★ (1644)
wp.org #5 1 too low 5 
Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2144)
wp.org #6 1 too low 6 
WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – SMTP for Reliable Email Delivery with Gmail, Outlook, Amazon SES, Brevo, Other SMTP & More 4M+ · 4.8★ (5210)
wp.org #10 4 too low 7 
Wallet for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.7★ (188)
wp.org #8 1 too low 8 
SiteGround Migrator 80K+ · 4.3★ (403)
wp.org #9 1 too low 9 
Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce 100K+ · 3.9★ (693)
wp.org #13 ↑8 4 too low 10 WP Mail Logging 300K+ · 4.7★ (375)
wp.org #15 ↓1 5 too low 11 
Masteriyo LMS – LMS Course Builder, Quizzes & Certificates 6K+ · 4.8★ (184)
wp.org #14 ↑4 3 too low 12 
Post Type Transfer 2K+ · 5.0★ (7) thin reviews
wp.org #4 8 too high 13 
Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution 100K+ · 4.4★ (590)
wp.org #20 ↓4 7 too low 14 
WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin 1M+ · 4.9★ (4229)
wp.org #24 10 too low 15 
Prime Mover – Backup and Migration 10K+ · 5.0★ (141)
wp.org #21 6 too low 16 
Advance Bank Payment Transfer Gateway 1K+ · 4.5★ (10) thin reviews
wp.org #7 9 too high 17 
Payment Gateway for PayPal on WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.4★ (73)
wp.org #17 ↓1 18 
Autocomplete WooCommerce Orders 30K+ · 4.6★ (137)
wp.org #22 4 too low 19 
FileOrganizer – WordPress File Manager 200K+ · 4.8★ (49)
wp.org #19 20 
Payment Gateway Based Fees and Discounts for WooCommerce 30K+ · 4.7★ (58)
wp.org #23 3 too low 21 
Direct Payments for WooCommerce – Bank Transfer, Mobile Money, Crypto and Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Payments 800+ · 5.0★ (10) thin reviews
wp.org #12 9 too high 22 Interac e-Transfer / Email Money Transfer (EMT) Gateway for WooCommerce 300+ · 5.0★ (3) thin reviews
wp.org #11 11 too high 23 
Aruba HiSpeed Cache 100K+ · 3.0★ (10) thin reviews
wp.org #16 ↓3 7 too high 24 
Change WooCommerce Product Author – Transfer Ownership of WooCommerce Products 200+ · 4.7★ (3) thin reviews
wp.org #18 ↓3 6 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.