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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “custom pricing”

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 “custom pricing”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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

Role Based Pricing for Woo by Meow Crew shows at wp.org #8 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 2K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.2★ average from 5 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor places #11 on merit, 4.8★ from 612 reviews, but shows at wp.org #23. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2144) wp.org #1 2 Pricing Table by Supsystic – Responsive Pricing Plans & Comparison Tables 10K+ · 4.1★ (288) wp.org #3 ↑1 1 too low 3 Tiered Pricing Table for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (104) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Pricing Table WordPress Plugin – Easy Pricing Tables 10K+ · 4.3★ (133) wp.org #4 ↑1 5 Advanced Dynamic Pricing and Discount Rules for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.7★ (122) wp.org #5 ↓2 6 Product Addons for Woocommerce – Product Options with Custom Fields 30K+ · 4.9★ (474) wp.org #11 ↓3 5 too low 7 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #15 ↑2 8 too low 8 Responsive Pricing Table 10K+ · 4.6★ (91) wp.org #14 6 too low 9 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322) wp.org #17 ↑2 8 too low 10 Dynamic Pricing With Discount Rules for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.5★ (68) wp.org #9 ↑1 1 too high 11 Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ · 4.8★ (612) wp.org #23 12 too low 12 Pricing Table – Responsive & Easy 3K+ · 4.2★ (26) wp.org #6 ↑1 6 too high 13 Wholesale Suite – B2B, Dynamic Pricing & WooCommerce Wholesale Prices 20K+ · 4.8★ (546) wp.org #20 ↓7 7 too low 14 YayPricing – WooCommerce Dynamic Pricing & Discounts 3K+ · 5.0★ (72) wp.org #22 ↑2 8 too low 15 Custom Order Numbers for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.2★ (25) wp.org #7 ↓1 8 too high 16 WRC Pricing Tables – Responsive CSS3 Pricing Tables 1K+ · 4.2★ (36) wp.org #16 17 WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ · 3.1★ (237) wp.org #10 ↑1 7 too high 18 Custom Contact Forms 6K+ · 3.5★ (171) wp.org #24 6 too low 19 ELEX WooCommerce Role Based Pricing 2K+ · 4.1★ (14) wp.org #21 2 too low 20 Role Based Pricing for Woo by Meow Crew 2K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #8 ↑1 12 too high 21 Custom Order Status for WooCommerce 10K+ · 3.3★ (32) wp.org #19 ↑1 2 too high 22 Custom Price for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #18 4 too high 23 Premmerce Wholesale Pricing for WooCommerce 400+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 ↑2 10 too high 24 Pricing Table – Block – Show Product or Service Pricing in Table Format 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 12 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.