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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “delete orders”

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

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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Delete All Products for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #5 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 4K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 7 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk places #7 on merit, 4.8★ from 3221 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WP Bulk Delete 90K+ · 4.6★ (131) wp.org #1 2 Delete Duplicate Posts 10K+ · 4.8★ (153) wp.org #2 3 Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security 5M+ · 4.7★ (5040) wp.org #3 4 Simple Custom Post Order 300K+ · 4.8★ (588) wp.org #7 ↓3 3 too low 5 Order Export & Order Import for WooCommerce 50K+ · 4.7★ (337) wp.org #10 ↓1 5 too low 6 Delete Expired Transients 4K+ · 5.0★ (13) wp.org #4 ↑1 2 too high 7 Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ · 4.8★ (3221) wp.org #17 ↓3 10 too low 8 BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #8 9 WP Frontend Delete Account 4K+ · 4.6★ (27) wp.org #6 ↑1 3 too high 10 Custom Order Status Manager for WooCommerce 30K+ · 4.7★ (117) wp.org #11 ↓1 1 too low 11 WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ · 4.8★ (14387) wp.org #19 ↓1 8 too low 12 Sequential Order Number for WooCommerce 50K+ · 4.9★ (146) wp.org #14 ↓2 2 too low 13 Pre-Orders for WooCommerce 7K+ · 4.5★ (66) wp.org #9 ↓1 4 too high 14 Custom Taxonomy Order 50K+ · 4.8★ (96) wp.org #15 1 too low 15 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #21 6 too low 16 Delete All Products for WooCommerce 4K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #5 ↑1 11 too high 17 Smart Online Order for Clover 1K+ · 4.9★ (34) wp.org #13 4 too high 18 OneClick Chat to Order 30K+ · 4.8★ (84) wp.org #20 2 too low 19 WC Cancel Order 5K+ · 4.9★ (23) wp.org #23 ↓2 4 too low 20 WC Delete orders 200+ · 3.0★ (11) wp.org #12 ↓1 8 too high 21 Users Bulk Delete With Preview 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #16 5 too high 22 Clone / Duplicate Orders for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #18 ↓1 4 too high 23 Export Orders for WooCommerce – AI & MCP for Claude and ChatGPT 500+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #22 1 too high 24 JSM Show Order Metadata for WooCommerce HPOS 700+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #24 ↓4

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.