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

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 notes”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 9 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

WPC Order Notes for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #6 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 800+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.3★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Translate WordPress with GTranslate places #5 on merit, 4.9★ from 4962 reviews, but shows at wp.org #18. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Print Invoice & Delivery Notes for WooCommerce 30K+ · 4.4★ (140) wp.org #1 2 WebToffee WooCommerce PDF Invoices, Packing Slips, Delivery Notes & Shipping Labels 50K+ · 4.9★ (285) wp.org #2 3 Post SMTP – Complete Email Delivery and SMTP Solution with Email Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App 300K+ · 4.7★ (528) wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too low 4 Delivery & Pickup Date Time for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (282) wp.org #3 ↑1 1 too high 5 Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4962) wp.org #18 13 too low 6 Order Delivery Date for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.3★ (61) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 MailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation 500K+ · 4.4★ (1435) wp.org #13 ↓5 6 too low 8 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) wp.org #12 ↑5 4 too low 9 PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce 300K+ · 5.0★ (1865) wp.org #16 7 too low 10 Sequential Order Number for WooCommerce 50K+ · 4.9★ (146) wp.org #19 ↑1 9 too low 11 Chwazi – Delivery & Pickup Scheduling for WooCommerce 500+ · 5.0★ (30) wp.org #9 ↑1 2 too high 12 Local Delivery Drivers for WooCommerce 800+ · 4.3★ (18) wp.org #10 ↑2 2 too high 13 Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress 200K+ · 4.6★ (1205) wp.org #24 11 too low 14 Speed Up – Optimize CSS Delivery 500+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #15 1 too low 15 Customer Notes for WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #8 ↑1 7 too high 16 PDF Invoices and Packing Slips For WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (21) wp.org #22 ↑1 6 too low 17 mPDF add-on for RTL and Unicode Support 4K+ · 5.0★ (16) wp.org #20 ↓1 3 too low 18 Custom Order Numbers for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.2★ (25) wp.org #17 ↓6 1 too high 19 Product Delivery Date for WooCommerce – Lite 1K+ · 4.1★ (13) wp.org #14 5 too high 20 WPSSO Schema Shipping Delivery Time for WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #21 1 too low 21 WPC Order Notes for WooCommerce 800+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #6 15 too high 22 BOX NOW Delivery 6K+ · 2.4★ (16) wp.org #7 15 too high 23 BOX NOW Delivery Croatia + Slovenia 900+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #11 ↑2 12 too high 24 Deliver via Shipos for WooCommerce 600+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #23 ↓1 1 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.