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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “beans”

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

Speaker Lite shows at wp.org #8 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 30+ installs carry it up the search order; its 2.3★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Androapp – Native Android mobile app for wordpress site places #3 on merit, 4.5★ from 65 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 Beans · Loyalty and Rewards programs for Woocommerce 40+ · 3.8★ (22) wp.org #1 2 UpsellWP – Upsell and Related Products Offers for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (150) wp.org #7 5 too low 3 Androapp – Native Android mobile app for wordpress site 300+ · 4.5★ (65) wp.org #21 18 too low 4 Vanilla Bean – Custom Login 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 5 Brand-A-Bean 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 3 too high 6 PriceWise – Measurement Price Calculator for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #10 4 too low 7 Vanilla Bean Slack Hooker 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 4 too high 8 SEO Fury – SEO & GEO: Schema, XML Sitemap, Redirects, 404 Monitor, llms.txt 20+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #15 7 too low 9 Selection Lite 9K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 Vanilla Bean – Meta Maid 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 5 too high 11 Mobile App for WooCommerce: ShopApper Mobile App Builder Service for WooCommerce 30+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #14 3 too low 12 Variation Shared Inventory for WooCommerce 500+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 3 too high 13 F Fragrance Note Pyramid — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 Vanilla Bean – Icon Setter 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #17 3 too low 15 CelerKit – Subscriptions, Loyalty Program, Gift Cards & More for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 3 too high 16 Queryn – AI-powered Product Search for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 3 too high 17 P Product Sheet Importer for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 1 too high 18 Speaker Lite 30+ · 2.3★ (3) wp.org #8 10 too high 19 Impex Rank SEO – AI Writer, Schema, XML Sitemap & llms.txt — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too high 20 Brambles.ai: Affiliate AI Shopping Chatbot — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too high 21 Purchase Orders, Suppliers & Multi-Warehouse Inventory for WooCommerce — Free — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 Beans Visual Hook Guide 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 Beans Simple Edits — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 24 Beans Simple Shortcodes — · 0.0★ (0) 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.