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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “attachment export”

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 “attachment export”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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

Export/Import Media – CSV Media Library Import & Export shows at wp.org #8 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.7★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

LiteSpeed Cache places #9 on merit, 4.8★ from 2778 reviews, but shows at wp.org #23. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WP All Export – Drag & Drop Export to Any Custom CSV, XML & Excel 100K+ · 4.5★ (415) wp.org #1 2 Export Media URLs 7K+ · 5.0★ (29) wp.org #2 3 Import and export users and customers 70K+ · 4.7★ (259) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Export media with selected content (by DKZR) 40K+ · 4.5★ (93) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – SMTP for Reliable Email Delivery with Gmail, Outlook, Amazon SES, Brevo, Other SMTP & More 4M+ · 4.8★ (5209) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 WP All Export – Product Export Add-On for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.5★ (24) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 All-in-One WP Migration and Backup 5M+ · 4.5★ (7676) wp.org #13 6 too low 8 Relevanssi – A Better Search 100K+ · 4.8★ (406) wp.org #19 11 too low 9 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #23 14 too low 10 Media Library Assistant 70K+ · 4.8★ (202) wp.org #22 ↑1 12 too low 11 PiWeb Export Customers Users & Guest customer to CSV for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.7★ (30) wp.org #12 1 too low 12 Masteriyo LMS – LMS Course Builder, Quizzes & Certificates 6K+ · 4.8★ (184) wp.org #18 6 too low 13 Store Exporter – Export WooCommerce Products, Orders, Subscriptions, Customers 6K+ · 4.1★ (166) wp.org #16 3 too low 14 Ninjalytics: Sales Reports & Order Export for WooCommerce and EDD 6K+ · 4.4★ (57) wp.org #21 7 too low 15 Post Export Import with Media 1K+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #9 6 too high 16 E2Pdf – Export Pdf Tool for WordPress 10K+ · 4.7★ (59) wp.org #20 4 too low 17 Export Single Post Page 3K+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #6 11 too high 18 Import WP – CSV & XML Import Export for WordPress 4K+ · 4.4★ (25) wp.org #14 4 too high 19 Export Order Items for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.7★ (9) wp.org #15 4 too high 20 Magic Export & Import 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #10 10 too high 21 Export/Import Media – CSV Media Library Import & Export 1K+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #8 13 too high 22 Export Media as ZIP 3K+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #11 11 too high 23 WP Taxonomy Manager 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #24 ↓2 1 too low 24 Export Orders for WooCommerce – AI & MCP for Claude and ChatGPT 500+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #17 7 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.