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

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 “visitas”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 5 of the top 20. 2 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

Paguelofacil Checkout for Woocommerce shows at wp.org #13 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 300+ 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Amministrazione Trasparente 1K+ · 4.9★ (25) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 EnvíaloSimple: Email Marketing y Newsletters 1K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Contador de Visitas 600+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 Voyapp Chile – Lugares y Cotizador de Despachos 300+ · 4.8★ (16) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Despacho vía Starken Pro para WooCommerce 400+ · 4.8★ (15) wp.org #9 ↑2 4 too low 6 Lawwwing | Textos legales web y Banner de cookies 700+ · 4.6★ (10) wp.org #7 ↑1 1 too low 7 Accesibilidad Web con el Widget de AccedeMe 1K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Bold pagos en linea 5K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #4 4 too high 9 Suscripciones y Pagos Recurrentes con Mercado Pago para WooCommerce 20+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #10 1 too low 10 Bible Search and Audio / Biblia y Concordancia con Audio 100+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #11 ↑1 1 too low 11 Visitas On-Line 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↓1 3 too high 12 Consensu.io | Conformidade e Consentimento de Cookies para LGPD 200+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #14 ↑1 2 too low 13 Declarando – Gestión de Facturas 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↑1 1 too high 14 Creditop 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↑1 1 too low 15 Calendario del Perú 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↑1 1 too low 16 AfroditaBot 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↑2 1 too low 17 Includo Accessibility Widget 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↑1 2 too low 18 E Enviafacil — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↑1 2 too low 19 Hermes Conector — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 2 too low 20 AgriCapital: Botón de pago a crédito — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 2 too low 21 Feed per Trovaprezzi — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 2 too low 22 Easy Custom 404 Page — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1 2 too low 23 ChileCourier Shipping for WooCommerce 100+ · 2.6★ (5) wp.org #18 5 too high 24 Paguelofacil Checkout for Woocommerce 300+ · 1.0★ (2) wp.org #13 ↑1 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.