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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “dimensional shipping”

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 “dimensional shipping”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 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

Shipping Guard – Advanced Shipping Suite, Weight Based Shipping, Zero Emission & Protection shows at wp.org #19 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its — installs carry it up the search order; its 3.5★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Weight Based Shipping Table Rate for WooCommerce – Flexible Shipping 100K+ · 4.9★ (706) wp.org #1 2 Automated FedEx live/manual rates with shipping labels – HPOS supported 200+ · 4.9★ (12) wp.org #2 3 Order Minimum/Maximum Amount Limits for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.5★ (40) wp.org #6 3 too low 4 Calcurates for WooCommerce 50+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #4 5 Automated UPS Shipping for WooCommerce – HPOS supported 100+ · 4.6★ (7) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 Advanced Shipping Manager 40+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Pixel Tag Manager for WooCommerce – Google Analytics 4, Google Ads, and More Pixels 2K+ · 5.0★ (19) wp.org #16 9 too low 8 Flexible Quantity & Price Calculator for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.3★ (9) wp.org #9 1 too low 9 Advanced Shipping Rate Builder – Table Rate, Conditional & Weight Based Shipping 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 Extnify Shipping Rules for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 3 too low 11 Easy Shipping Rate for WooCommerce 20+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #7 4 too high 12 Volumetric shipping for Woocommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 2 too high 13 ShipperHQ: Shipping & Checkout Experience Solution 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 JNE Shipping – Plugin Ongkos Kirim Resmi Untuk WooCommerce 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 2 too high 15 Defyn Shipping Pro 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 YeeShipping – Weight & Dimensional Weight Rates for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 1 too high 17 ShipQora – All-in-One Shipping Solution – Advanced Conditional Shipping for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↑1 1 too low 18 Erapex Shipping — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 2 too low 19 InXpress-Shipping-Extension 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 2 too low 20 Automated Shipping for EasyPost WooCommerce – Bulk Labels, Easy Returns, Zero Manual Work — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↑1 3 too high 21 Zonos Checkout for WooCommerce 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 1 too low 22 Codiffy Table Rate Shipping for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 Shipping Manager – WooCommerce Table Rate, Weight Based & Advanced Shipping Rules — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Shipping Guard – Advanced Shipping Suite, Weight Based Shipping, Zero Emission & Protection — · 3.5★ (2) wp.org #19 ↓2 5 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.