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

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 rules”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 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

Minimum Purchase Amount For Woo Cart – For WooCommerce shows at wp.org #9 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 8 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

LiteSpeed Cache places #10 on merit, 4.8★ from 2778 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 Cart Abandonment Recovery for WooCommerce – Recover Lost Sales with Automated Emails 300K+ · 4.8★ (625) wp.org #1 2 Discount Rules for WooCommerce 100K+ · 4.9★ (1395) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Sliding Cart for WooCommerce by FunnelKit – Skip Cart & Reach WooCommerce Checkout Faster 30K+ · 5.0★ (111) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Modern Cart – WooCommerce Side Cart & Popup Cart 60K+ · 4.9★ (16) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 Menu Cart for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.6★ (99) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Speculative Loading 70K+ · 5.0★ (18) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Discount Rules and Dynamic Pricing for WooCommerce 9K+ · 4.7★ (248) wp.org #8 ↑1 1 too low 8 BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 Advanced Dynamic Pricing and Discount Rules for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.7★ (122) wp.org #14 ↓2 5 too low 10 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #21 11 too low 11 WP Menu Cart 8K+ · 4.8★ (23) wp.org #11 12 FluentCart A New Era of eCommerce – Faster, Lighter, and Simpler 9K+ · 4.5★ (46) wp.org #12 ↑1 13 Abandoned Cart Lite for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.1★ (85) wp.org #10 3 too high 14 Ajax Cart for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.4★ (39) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 PI Conditional cart fee / Extra charge rule for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.9★ (38) wp.org #17 ↓2 2 too low 16 Sunshine Photo Cart – Client Photo Gallery & Photo Proofing for Photographers 1K+ · 4.7★ (138) wp.org #23 7 too low 17 Minimum Purchase Amount For Woo Cart – For WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.7★ (9) wp.org #9 ↓1 8 too high 18 CartSuite – Cart All In One For WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.5★ (51) wp.org #16 2 too high 19 Recarto – Abandoned Cart Recovery for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.5★ (28) wp.org #15 ↓1 4 too high 20 Hide Cart Functions 3K+ · 4.6★ (14) wp.org #24 ↓3 4 too low 21 Mini Ajax Cart for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too high 22 Dynamic Pricing and Discount Rules for WooCommerce 600+ · 4.0★ (13) wp.org #18 ↓1 4 too high 23 Conditional Add to Cart for WooCommerce 600+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #22 1 too high 24 Hide Price and Add to Cart for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #19 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.