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

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 “welcart”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 4 of the top 18. 5 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Welcart e-Commerce 10K+ · 4.5★ (6) wp.org #1 2 Knit Pay – Cashfree, Instamojo, Razorpay, PayPal and more 2K+ · 4.9★ (100) wp.org #5 3 too low 3 Friendly Functions for Welcart 1K+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Z zipaddr-jp 50K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #13 9 too low 5 Text Changer for Welcart 500+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 W Welcart exclude from delivery day 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 Hosuke for Welcart — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 O Omoikane Simple Sales Reports for Welcart — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 9 NextRise Analytics – WooCommerce & Welcart Ecommerce Analytics — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 10 Paymentfor Gateway for WooCommerce 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 3 too high 11 Paidy Gateway for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 1 too low 12 e-SCOTT Smart pro for WooCommerce 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 2 too high 13 CSV Export for Click Post 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 2 too low 14 Kuroneko Web Collect for Woo 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 3 too high 15 A autoin-jp — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 1 too low 16 Kuroneko Daikin Atobarai Service for Woo 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 F Failure — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too low 18 S Star Rating Review for Welcart 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 1 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.