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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “call for price”

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 “call for price”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 8 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

Hide Price and Add to Cart for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #11 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 800+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Unlimited Elements for Elementor places #10 on merit, 4.8★ from 525 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 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Call for Price for WooCommerce 8K+ · 3.9★ (27) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button – Chaty 300K+ · 5.0★ (1244) wp.org #7 ↑5 4 too low 4 Variation Price Display Range for WooCommerce 9K+ · 5.0★ (43) wp.org #4 ↑2 5 Spectra Legacy – Gutenberg Blocks 1M+ · 4.7★ (1872) wp.org #6 ↑1 1 too low 6 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) wp.org #8 ↑3 2 too low 7 Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #12 ↑2 5 too low 8 Cryptocurrency Widgets – Price Ticker & Coins List 6K+ · 4.8★ (191) wp.org #9 ↓1 1 too low 9 Click to Chat – HoliThemes 600K+ · 4.8★ (131) wp.org #13 4 too low 10 Unlimited Elements for Elementor 300K+ · 4.8★ (525) wp.org #21 11 too low 11 Custom Price for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #3 8 too high 12 Wholesale Suite – B2B, Dynamic Pricing & WooCommerce Wholesale Prices 20K+ · 4.8★ (546) wp.org #17 ↑2 5 too low 13 WPVibe – MCP Server for WordPress, works with Claude, ChatGPT & other AI MCP agents 100K+ · 5.0★ (195) wp.org #24 11 too low 14 WC Call For Price 1K+ · 4.7★ (11) wp.org #5 ↓1 9 too high 15 Payment Gateway Based Fees and Discounts for WooCommerce 30K+ · 4.7★ (58) wp.org #15 16 Print Invoice & Delivery Notes for WooCommerce 30K+ · 4.4★ (140) wp.org #18 ↓8 2 too low 17 Omnibus — show the lowest price 10K+ · 4.1★ (51) wp.org #22 5 too low 18 Custom Order Numbers for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.2★ (25) wp.org #14 ↓9 4 too high 19 Content Egg – Affiliate Product Importer & Price Comparison 10K+ · 3.9★ (56) wp.org #23 ↓2 4 too low 20 Product Prices by User Roles for WooCommerce 1K+ · 3.4★ (14) wp.org #10 ↓1 10 too high 21 Product Input Fields for WooCommerce 4K+ · 4.0★ (17) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 Custom Empty Price for WooCommerce 300+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #16 ↑1 6 too high 23 Hide Price and Add to Cart for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #11 ↑5 12 too high 24 Price & Cart Hider – WooCommerce Catalog Mode, Wholesale & B2B 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↓1 5 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.