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

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 “turkey”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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

Rapyd Payment Extension for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #13 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 500+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Seers AI | Cookie Consent Banner – GDPR & CCPA Compliant Consent Management Platform places #5 on merit, 4.7★ from 52 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 Leartes TRY Exchange Rates 500+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #1 2 Weather Effect 4K+ · 4.5★ (30) wp.org #2 ↓1 3 OTP Login With Phone Number, OTP Verification 1K+ · 4.9★ (81) wp.org #4 ↓2 1 too low 4 Netgsm 1K+ · 4.7★ (15) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Seers AI | Cookie Consent Banner – GDPR & CCPA Compliant Consent Management Platform 1K+ · 4.7★ (52) wp.org #11 6 too low 6 affiliate-toolkit – Multi-Network Affiliate & Amazon Product Display 2K+ · 4.5★ (22) wp.org #6 ↓1 7 U Urvanov Syntax Highlighter 3K+ · 4.5★ (19) wp.org #10 ↓1 3 too low 8 Taskbuilder – Project Management & Task Management Tool With Kanban Board 700+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #9 ↓1 1 too low 9 Sözleşmeler 1K+ · 4.9★ (21) wp.org #12 ↓2 3 too low 10 Payssion Plugin for Woocommerce 400+ · 3.3★ (12) wp.org #7 3 too high 11 AmaSync – Amazon Affiliate Plugin, Product Importer for WooCommerce 300+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #5 ↓1 6 too high 12 PayLexer – Payment Integration Solution for WordPress (Stripe, PayPal, Paystack, and more) 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 ↓2 4 too high 13 FooSales – Point of Sale (POS) for WooCommerce 600+ · 3.2★ (13) wp.org #17 ↓1 4 too low 14 TrackFree – All-In-One WooCommerce Order Tracking 100+ · 3.6★ (5) wp.org #14 ↑1 15 Shipment Tracking for WooCommerce – Trackora 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #20 ↑1 5 too low 16 LeDoviz – Turkish Exchange Rates 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↓1 1 too high 17 VIESAC – Free VAT Validation for WooCommerce 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↓4 1 too high 18 TurkeySMS – SMS Notifications — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓2 3 too low 19 Vendso Türkiye Checkout Fields for WooCommerce 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓2 3 too low 20 D Döviz Kuru Widget 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 3 too low 21 W Woven Sanal POS for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓2 3 too low 22 OTO – Shipping Gateway 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 4 too high 23 Spam Captcha – Safeguard your WordPress website effortlessly with Spam Captcha for WordPress 100+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #19 ↓1 4 too high 24 Rapyd Payment Extension for WooCommerce 500+ · 1.0★ (2) wp.org #13 11 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.