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

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 “delivery”, 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

BOX NOW Delivery shows at wp.org #11 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 6K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 2.4★ average from 16 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

MailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation places #12 on merit, 4.4★ from 1435 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 WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – SMTP for Reliable Email Delivery with Gmail, Outlook, Amazon SES, Brevo, Other SMTP & More 4M+ · 4.8★ (5209) wp.org #1 ↑2 2 Post SMTP – Complete Email Delivery and SMTP Solution with Email Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App 300K+ · 4.7★ (528) wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too low 3 Print Invoice & Delivery Notes for WooCommerce 30K+ · 4.4★ (140) wp.org #2 ↓1 1 too high 4 Delivery & Pickup Date Time for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (282) wp.org #4 ↑1 5 Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4962) wp.org #12 ↓1 7 too low 6 WooCommerce 7M+ · 4.5★ (4833) wp.org #6 ↓2 7 WebToffee WooCommerce PDF Invoices, Packing Slips, Delivery Notes & Shipping Labels 50K+ · 4.9★ (285) wp.org #7 8 W3 Total Cache 900K+ · 4.4★ (5420) wp.org #13 5 too low 9 Order Delivery Date for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.3★ (61) wp.org #5 ↑1 4 too high 10 FluentSMTP – WP Mail SMTP Plugin with Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Cloudflare, toSend, Gmail and Any SMTP 700K+ · 4.8★ (410) wp.org #19 ↓6 9 too low 11 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) wp.org #20 ↑3 9 too low 12 MailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation 500K+ · 4.4★ (1435) wp.org #23 ↓9 11 too low 13 Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress 200K+ · 4.6★ (1205) wp.org #24 11 too low 14 Chwazi – Delivery & Pickup Scheduling for WooCommerce 500+ · 5.0★ (30) wp.org #14 ↓2 15 Order Delivery Date And Time 1K+ · 4.6★ (19) wp.org #9 6 too high 16 Estimated Delivery for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (13) wp.org #10 ↑5 6 too high 17 Local Delivery Drivers for WooCommerce 800+ · 4.3★ (18) wp.org #15 ↑1 2 too high 18 Delivery Date Time & Pickup for WooCommerce 400+ · 4.2★ (113) wp.org #22 4 too low 19 WPC Estimated Delivery Date for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.0★ (9) wp.org #8 11 too high 20 Speed Up – Optimize CSS Delivery 500+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #21 ↓1 1 too low 21 Product Delivery Date for WooCommerce – Lite 1K+ · 4.1★ (13) wp.org #17 ↑1 4 too high 22 MyD Delivery 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #16 ↑1 6 too high 23 BOX NOW Delivery 6K+ · 2.4★ (16) wp.org #11 ↓1 12 too high 24 BOX NOW Delivery Croatia + Slovenia 900+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #18 ↑1 6 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.