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

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 order”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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.

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Ranked above its merit

Simple Menu Order Column shows at wp.org #5 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 200+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce places #6 on merit, 5.0★ from 1865 reviews, but shows at wp.org #12. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Product Attachment for WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.5★ (24) wp.org #1 2 Intuitive Custom Post Order 400K+ · 4.4★ (139) wp.org #3 ↑1 1 too low 3 Attachment Taxonomies 1K+ · 4.6★ (10) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 WP Attachments – Smarter File Management & Download Lists 3K+ · 4.5★ (43) wp.org #4 ↑1 5 Relevanssi – A Better Search 100K+ · 4.8★ (406) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce 300K+ · 5.0★ (1865) wp.org #12 ↓2 6 too low 7 Order Splitter for WooCommerce 300+ · 4.7★ (70) wp.org #6 ↑6 1 too high 8 Media Library Assistant 70K+ · 4.8★ (202) wp.org #10 ↑4 2 too low 9 WP Mail Logging 300K+ · 4.7★ (375) wp.org #11 2 too low 10 Simple History – Track, Log, and Audit WordPress Changes 300K+ · 4.9★ (491) wp.org #15 ↑1 5 too low 11 UpsellWP – Upsell and Related Products Offers for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (149) wp.org #13 2 too low 12 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #18 ↓1 6 too low 13 Ivory Search – WordPress Search Plugin 90K+ · 4.9★ (1562) wp.org #23 10 too low 14 Masteriyo LMS – LMS Course Builder, Quizzes & Certificates 6K+ · 4.8★ (184) wp.org #17 ↑3 3 too low 15 Store Exporter – Export WooCommerce Products, Orders, Subscriptions, Customers 6K+ · 4.1★ (166) wp.org #21 ↑2 6 too low 16 Export Order Items for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.7★ (9) wp.org #8 8 too high 17 Ninjalytics: Sales Reports & Order Export for WooCommerce and EDD 6K+ · 4.4★ (57) wp.org #20 ↑1 3 too low 18 OrderConvo – Vendor & Customer Messages After Orders 200+ · 4.6★ (22) wp.org #16 ↑2 2 too high 19 Pay with Vipps and MobilePay for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.8★ (13) wp.org #19 20 S Simple Menu Order Column 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 ↑1 15 too high 21 Flexible Refund for WooCommerce – EU One Click Return 2K+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #14 ↑1 7 too high 22 Order Cancellation & Returns for WooCommerce 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 15 too high 23 Vanquish Attach Me – Order & Product Attachments for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Email Attachment by Order Status & Products 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↑2 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.