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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “cart minimum”

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 “cart minimum”, 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.

Ranked above its merit

Minimum Purchase Amount For Woo Cart – For WooCommerce shows at wp.org #2 but places #6 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its 6K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.7★ average from 9 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Sunshine Photo Cart – Client Photo Gallery & Photo Proofing for Photographers places #11 on merit, 4.7★ from 138 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 Cart Abandonment Recovery for WooCommerce – Recover Lost Sales with Automated Emails 300K+ · 4.8★ (626) wp.org #1 ↑2 2 Sliding Cart for WooCommerce by FunnelKit – Skip Cart & Reach WooCommerce Checkout Faster 30K+ · 5.0★ (111) wp.org #3 ↑4 1 too low 3 WooCommerce 7M+ · 4.5★ (4833) wp.org #4 ↓2 1 too low 4 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322) wp.org #9 ↑2 5 too low 5 Menu Cart for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.6★ (99) wp.org #6 ↓2 1 too low 6 Minimum Purchase Amount For Woo Cart – For WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.7★ (9) wp.org #2 ↓1 4 too high 7 Order Minimum/Maximum Amount Limits for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.5★ (40) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #8 ↑4 9 Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.1★ (84) wp.org #12 ↓6 3 too low 10 Minimum Order Amount for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.6★ (14) wp.org #7 ↑1 3 too high 11 Sunshine Photo Cart – Client Photo Gallery & Photo Proofing for Photographers 1K+ · 4.7★ (138) wp.org #18 ↓1 7 too low 12 Maximum, Minimum and Multiple Quantity for WooCommerce Shops 3K+ · 4.4★ (36) wp.org #10 ↓1 2 too high 13 Min Max Quantities – Set Minimum/Maximum Quantity & Price Limits with Step Control for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.8★ (60) wp.org #17 ↓1 4 too low 14 WP Menu Cart 8K+ · 4.8★ (23) wp.org #11 ↓1 3 too high 15 Ajax Cart for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.4★ (39) wp.org #13 2 too high 16 FluentCart A New Era of eCommerce – Faster, Lighter, and Simpler 9K+ · 4.5★ (46) wp.org #14 ↑1 2 too high 17 CartBounty – Save and recover abandoned carts for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.8★ (84) wp.org #24 7 too low 18 Cart PDF for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (26) wp.org #15 ↓1 3 too high 19 WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ · 3.1★ (237) wp.org #16 ↓3 3 too high 20 Hide Cart Functions 3K+ · 4.6★ (14) wp.org #23 ↓2 3 too low 21 Minimum and Maximum Quantity for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.0★ (16) wp.org #19 ↓1 2 too high 22 Mini Ajax Cart for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #22 ↓2 23 Conditional Add to Cart for WooCommerce 600+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #21 ↓2 2 too high 24 Hide Price and Add to Cart for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #20 4 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.