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

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 “tris”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 4 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Vietnam Checkout for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (14) wp.org #4 3 too low 2 DevVN – Trang trí Tết Việt Nam 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 DPD SK for WooCommerce 700+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Nút Bấm Liên Hệ Dibrother 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Editor Custom Color Palette 90+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 SGDIEN Contact Footer 40+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 3 too low 7 All-in-one contact buttons – WPSHARE247 3K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 RefiTune – Site refiner toolkit 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 EchBay Admin Security 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 Arik Product Fields — WooCommerce Custom Fields, Buy Now, Enquiry Form & Coupon — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 ↑1 3 too low 11 GIA — GA4 Ecommerce Tracking for WooCommerce 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 LearnPress – Sepay Payment 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 1 too high 13 ShipDepot for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #18 ↑1 5 too low 14 LNH Lunar Calendar 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 2 too high 15 AGEC Ready – AGEC Compliance for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↑1 1 too high 16 AcrossAI Abilities Manager – WordPress Abilities for Claude, ChatGPT & Any AI Agent 90+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↑2 1 too high 17 Vbee AIVoice – Text to Speech — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 1 too high 18 TrucePurge — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↑1 1 too high 19 Carticy Conversion Tracking with GA4, Google Ads, and Meta Pixel for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↑1 20 DatPilot Connector — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↑1 21 Uncomplicated Forms — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↑2 22 FM Modular Widgets for Elementor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↑1 1 too low 23 Filter Bar Custom Post Type — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Product Image Hover Effects WOOC – WPSHARE247 700+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 2 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.