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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “wordpress oss”

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 “wordpress oss”, we and wp.org disagree 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

Flexible Invoices for WooCommerce – KSeF Add-on shows at wp.org #9 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 700+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 SMTP2GO for WordPress – Email Made Easy 40K+ · 5.0★ (67) wp.org #4 3 too low 2 OSS Aliyun 3K+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Germanized for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.8★ (496) wp.org #6 3 too low 4 Flexible PDF Invoices for WooCommerce & WordPress 6K+ · 4.4★ (37) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 WPOSS阿里云对象存储 900+ · 4.6★ (7) wp.org #2 3 too high 6 FluentCart A New Era of eCommerce – Faster, Lighter, and Simpler 9K+ · 4.5★ (46) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 BotWriter – AI Writer & SEO Content Generator 1K+ · 4.4★ (16) wp.org #10 ↑7 3 too low 8 European VAT Compliance Assistant for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.8★ (26) wp.org #18 ↑2 10 too low 9 One Stop Shop for WooCommerce 10K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #5 4 too high 10 EAS EU compliance 200+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #8 ↓1 2 too high 11 Mine CloudVod 70+ · 4.6★ (10) wp.org #15 ↓3 4 too low 12 简数采集器 1K+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #11 ↓2 1 too high 13 AI Translate: Affordable Context-Aware Translation 70+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #20 ↓4 7 too low 14 KODO Qiniu 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 ↓1 2 too high 15 Fortnox for WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #13 2 too high 16 IMGspider – 图片采集抓取插件 2K+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #17 ↑1 1 too low 17 Flexible Invoices for WooCommerce – KSeF Add-on 700+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #9 ↓1 8 too high 18 Wpbingo AI Commander for WooCommerce 500+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↑1 4 too high 19 WPTurbo -WordPress性能优化插件 800+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓2 3 too high 20 Moo Media Offload for Aliyun OSS — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 1 too low 21 Combidesk – Moneybird voor WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 2 too high 22 SDP Custom Order Status for WooCommerce 90+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 ↑1 23 Resurs Bank Payments for WooCommerce 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 24 Combidesk – SnelStart voor WooCommerce 100+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #24

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.