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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “combo offer”

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 “combo offer”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 2 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

ComboBlocks — Block Library & Page Builder shows at wp.org #6 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Firelight Lightbox places #6 on merit, 4.8★ from 361 reviews, but shows at wp.org #12. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Combo Offers WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.8★ (17) wp.org #1 2 Simple Discount Rules for Woocommerce 4K+ · 4.6★ (73) wp.org #2 3 Easy Social Feed – All In One Social Feed Plugin for WordPress 30K+ · 4.6★ (502) wp.org #7 4 too low 4 First Order Discount Woocommerce 1K+ · 4.8★ (18) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Smart Coupons For WooCommerce Coupons 30K+ · 4.7★ (133) wp.org #5 ↓1 6 Firelight Lightbox 200K+ · 4.8★ (361) wp.org #12 ↑6 6 too low 7 Visualizer – Tables & Charts Manager with Built-in AI Generator 20K+ · 4.4★ (225) wp.org #8 ↓1 1 too low 8 Ninja Tables – Easy Data Table Builder 70K+ · 4.6★ (472) wp.org #14 ↓4 6 too low 9 EleSpare – News, Magazine and Blog Addons for Elementor 10K+ · 4.9★ (44) wp.org #10 ↓2 1 too low 10 Greenshift – animation and page builder blocks 70K+ · 4.8★ (107) wp.org #11 1 too low 11 Chartify – WordPress Chart Plugin 3K+ · 4.9★ (28) wp.org #16 ↓4 5 too low 12 Quttera ThreatSign – Web Malware Scanner for WordPress 10K+ · 3.9★ (47) wp.org #13 1 too low 13 Bulk Order WooCommerce 40+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #9 4 too high 14 Kubio AI Page Builder 80K+ · 4.4★ (79) wp.org #18 ↓1 4 too low 15 Custom Fee Woocommerce 400+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #4 ↑1 11 too high 16 Attribute Stock for WooCommerce – Shared Stock & Variable Quantities (Lite Version) 2K+ · 4.6★ (18) wp.org #19 ↑1 3 too low 17 WPC Product Quantity for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.0★ (15) wp.org #17 ↓2 18 ComboBlocks — Block Library & Page Builder 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 12 too high 19 Ninja Charts – Interactive Charts and Graphs 3K+ · 3.0★ (6) wp.org #15 ↓1 4 too high 20 MenuMaster – Interactive Mobile-First Restaurant Menu Plugin for WooCommerce 40+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #24 ↓1 4 too low 21 StarLine Combo Popup – WooCommerce Discount, Coupon & Promotional Popup Builder — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 22 Product Bundles for WooCommerce – Frequently Bought Together by Nanflows — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 Build Your Own Basket for Woocommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 ↓1 24 DirectoryPress – Business Directory And Classified Ad Listing 600+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #20 ↓1 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.