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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “admin quotes”

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 “admin quotes”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 of the top 20.

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.

Ranked above its merit

Stock Quotes List shows at wp.org #5 but places #14 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 500+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.4★ average from 7 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More places #7 on merit, 4.8★ from 14387 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Quotes for WooCommerce 4K+ · 4.6★ (61) wp.org #1 2 NP Quote Request for WooCommerce 8K+ · 4.6★ (87) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Calculated Fields Form – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact, Payment, Quote, Quiz & More 40K+ · 4.9★ (973) wp.org #7 ↑2 4 too low 4 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322) wp.org #13 ↑1 9 too low 5 Easy Quotes 700+ · 4.7★ (6) wp.org #2 3 too high 6 Add Admin CSS 10K+ · 4.9★ (35) wp.org #9 ↓1 3 too low 7 WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ · 4.8★ (14387) wp.org #21 ↑3 14 too low 8 YITH Request a Quote for WooCommerce 10K+ · 3.3★ (66) wp.org #6 ↓1 2 too high 9 CatalogX Product Catalog, Product Enquiry & Quotes for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.2★ (60) wp.org #8 ↓1 1 too high 10 Quotes and Tips by BestWebSoft 1K+ · 4.5★ (11) wp.org #4 6 too high 11 Loginizer 1M+ · 4.8★ (1033) wp.org #24 13 too low 12 Better Click To Share – Shareable Quote Boxes for X (Twitter) 6K+ · 4.8★ (48) wp.org #15 3 too low 13 WP Frontend Admin – Display WP Admin Pages in the Frontend 400+ · 4.9★ (54) wp.org #16 3 too low 14 Stock Quotes List 500+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #5 ↑1 9 too high 15 ELEX WooCommerce Request a Quote 2K+ · 4.7★ (23) wp.org #11 ↓1 4 too high 16 Stylish Cost Calculator – Quote Generator, Lead Gen & Price Estimator 1K+ · 4.8★ (175) wp.org #23 ↑1 7 too low 17 Admin Help Docs 600+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #10 ↑1 7 too high 18 Easy Invoice – Invoice Generator, PDF Quotes & Payments 600+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #17 1 too high 19 XV Random Quotes 300+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #12 ↓1 7 too high 20 Admin Dashboard RSS Feed 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 6 too high 21 Quotes Addon for GetPaid 600+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↑1 2 too high 22 Small Package Quotes – Worldwide Express Edition 90+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 4 too high 23 Small Package Quotes – UPS Edition 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↑1 3 too high 24 WPC Request a Quote for WooCommerce 70+ · 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.