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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “automatic discount”

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 “automatic discount”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 of the top 20. 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.

Ranked above its merit

Groups Discount for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #7 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 14 places. Its 60+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.5★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

B2BKing — Ultimate WooCommerce B2B and Wholesale Plugin — Wholesale Prices, Bulk Order Form & More places #10 on merit, 4.9★ from 109 reviews, but shows at wp.org #18. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Discount Rules and Dynamic Pricing for WooCommerce 9K+ · 4.7★ (248) wp.org #1 2 YayPricing – WooCommerce Dynamic Pricing & Discounts 3K+ · 5.0★ (72) wp.org #2 3 Advanced Dynamic Pricing and Discount Rules for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.7★ (122) wp.org #3 4 Customer Reviews for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.8★ (1539) wp.org #8 4 too low 5 Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction 10K+ · 4.7★ (270) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy 40K+ · 4.7★ (591) wp.org #9 3 too low 7 WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ · 4.8★ (14387) wp.org #14 ↑4 7 too low 8 Extended Coupon Features for WooCommerce FREE 10K+ · 5.0★ (69) wp.org #12 4 too low 9 Smart Coupons For WooCommerce Coupons 30K+ · 4.7★ (133) wp.org #10 ↑1 1 too low 10 B2BKing — Ultimate WooCommerce B2B and Wholesale Plugin — Wholesale Prices, Bulk Order Form & More 10K+ · 4.9★ (109) wp.org #18 ↑4 8 too low 11 Dynamic Pricing and Discount Rules 1K+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #4 7 too high 12 Product Feed Manager for WooCommerce – CTX Feed – Support 220+ Shopping, AI & Social Channels 90K+ · 4.6★ (838) wp.org #16 ↓2 4 too low 13 MoreConvert Wishlist for WooCommerce 8K+ · 4.9★ (120) wp.org #19 6 too low 14 Wholesale Suite – B2B, Dynamic Pricing & WooCommerce Wholesale Prices 20K+ · 4.8★ (546) wp.org #22 ↓7 8 too low 15 Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, Appointments and more! 60K+ · 4.2★ (551) wp.org #24 ↓8 9 too low 16 Quantity Discounts, Breaks & Product Bundles for Woocommerce By Bundler 400+ · 4.5★ (51) wp.org #13 3 too high 17 Discount Rules for WooCommerce – Disco | Dynamic Pricing, Conditions, Bulk, Bundle, BOGO 5K+ · 4.2★ (9) wp.org #5 12 too high 18 Printus – Automatic Cloud Order Printing for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (27) wp.org #23 5 too low 19 Taxonomy/Term and Role-based Discounts for WooCommerce 200+ · 4.4★ (8) wp.org #15 ↑2 4 too high 20 Reviewify — Review Discounts & Photo/Video Reviews for WooCommerce 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #21 ↓1 1 too low 21 Groups Discount for WooCommerce 60+ · 3.5★ (2) wp.org #7 14 too high 22 Automatic Multilingual AI Translation by Autoglot 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↑4 5 too high 23 Advanced Coupon for WooCommerce – Create Tiered Discounts and Conditional Coupons 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↑4 3 too high 24 Discount Percentage Display for Woo 50+ · 3.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↓1 13 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.