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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “close store”

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 “close store”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 of the top 20. 7 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

Store Opening Closing Hours Manager shows at wp.org #4 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 14 places. Its 300+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.0★ average from 5 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Germanized for WooCommerce places #12 on merit, 4.8★ from 496 reviews, but shows at wp.org #22. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Open Close Store for WooCommerce – Business Hours & Order Scheduling 600+ · 3.4★ (41) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 Store Vacation Lite for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.6★ (189) wp.org #2 ↓1 3 Max Mega Menu 300K+ · 4.8★ (882) wp.org #10 7 too low 4 Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) 2M+ · 4.5★ (1440) wp.org #7 ↑4 3 too low 5 UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin 4M+ · 4.8★ (8706) wp.org #12 7 too low 6 Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics 3M+ · 3.7★ (2408) wp.org #9 ↑4 3 too low 7 Custom WP Store Locator 300+ · 4.6★ (14) wp.org #3 ↑1 4 too high 8 Conversios – GA4, Google Ads & Meta Conversion Tracking with Product Feed for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.3★ (206) wp.org #6 ↑1 2 too high 9 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #14 ↑1 5 too low 10 WP Go Maps – Google Map, OpenStreetMap, Leaflet Map 300K+ · 4.8★ (3055) wp.org #17 ↓3 7 too low 11 One Click Close Comments 5K+ · 4.9★ (10) wp.org #5 ↑1 6 too high 12 Germanized for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.8★ (496) wp.org #22 ↓1 10 too low 13 GDPR Cookie Compliance – Cookie Banner, Cookie Consent, Cookie Notice for CCPA, EU Cookie Law 300K+ · 4.6★ (205) wp.org #16 ↑2 3 too low 14 BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin 400K+ · 4.0★ (1323) wp.org #15 ↑1 1 too low 15 WebberZone Top 10 — Popular Posts 10K+ · 4.6★ (102) wp.org #20 5 too low 16 Notibar – Notification Bar for WordPress 8K+ · 4.8★ (71) wp.org #18 ↓1 2 too low 17 Locatoraid Store Locator 1K+ · 4.5★ (17) wp.org #8 9 too high 18 Store Opening Closing Hours Manager 300+ · 4.0★ (5) wp.org #4 ↑1 14 too high 19 Free Shipping Label and Progress Bar for WooCommerce 5K+ · 5.0★ (43) wp.org #21 ↑1 2 too low 20 Store Hours for WooCommerce 2K+ · 2.8★ (30) wp.org #11 ↓2 9 too high 21 Modern Cart – WooCommerce Side Cart & Popup Cart 60K+ · 4.9★ (16) wp.org #24 3 too low 22 YITH WooCommerce Quick View 80K+ · 3.8★ (27) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 StoreBuild – Online Store Builder for WooCommerce 500+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #13 ↓1 10 too high 24 RTMKit for Elementor – Modular Addons, Widgets, Templates, Icon Library, GSAP Animations, MCP & Store Ready 40K+ · 2.7★ (16) 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.