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

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 “clothes”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 6 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

Tryly.ai Virtual Try-On for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #11 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 30+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

eCommerce Product Catalog places #3 on merit, 4.7★ from 270 reviews, but shows at wp.org #9. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 YITH WooCommerce Badge Management 10K+ · 2.9★ (93) wp.org #1 2 PPOM – Product Addons & Custom Fields for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.5★ (283) wp.org #5 ↑3 3 too low 3 eCommerce Product Catalog 7K+ · 4.7★ (270) wp.org #9 ↓2 6 too low 4 Flexible PDF Coupons – Gift Cards & Vouchers for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.7★ (31) wp.org #6 ↓1 2 too low 5 Sizor Product Size Chart For WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.3★ (32) wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too high 6 VidShop – Shoppable Videos for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #3 ↑1 3 too high 7 WPC Product Size Chart for WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #2 5 too high 8 WP Guidant | Guided Selling & Product Recommendation Quiz Plugin 300+ · 4.1★ (10) wp.org #10 2 too low 9 Wash Care Symbols for WooCommerce 100+ · 4.9★ (8) wp.org #19 ↓1 10 too low 10 Mirrago Virtual Tryon — · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #12 2 too low 11 Zestard Product Size Chart 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 ↑1 3 too high 12 Link Invoice Payment for WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 ↓1 5 too high 13 Virtual Try-On for Shops 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 3 too low 14 Tukify — AI Shopping Assistant for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 ↑1 1 too high 15 AI Try-On Assistant 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 2 too low 16 VisualWP Collections 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↑1 1 too high 17 Try-On Video for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too low 18 Dresium – AI Virtual Try-On & Fitting Room for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↓1 4 too high 19 AnyDress – AI Virtual Try-On for WooCommerce & AI Product Photos — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too low 20 Tryly.ai Virtual Try-On for WooCommerce 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 9 too high 21 SizeMe for WooCommerce 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓2 1 too low 22 ViewWear AI Try-on — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 Wearlook – Virtual Try-On Fitting Room for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓2 1 too low 24 Split Order By Warehouse for Woocommerce — · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #21 3 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.