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

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 “discount”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 7 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

Sitewide Discount for WooCommerce: Apply Discount to All Products shows at wp.org #7 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 600+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 4 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Customer Reviews for WooCommerce places #6 on merit, 4.8★ from 1539 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Discount Rules for WooCommerce 100K+ · 4.9★ (1395) wp.org #1 2 Discount Rules and Dynamic Pricing for WooCommerce 9K+ · 4.7★ (248) wp.org #2 ↑4 3 Advanced Dynamic Pricing and Discount Rules for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.7★ (122) wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too low 4 Simple Discount Rules for Woocommerce 4K+ · 4.6★ (73) wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too high 5 YayPricing – WooCommerce Dynamic Pricing & Discounts 3K+ · 5.0★ (72) wp.org #6 ↑3 1 too low 6 Customer Reviews for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.8★ (1539) wp.org #16 10 too low 7 Payment Gateway Based Fees and Discounts for WooCommerce 30K+ · 4.7★ (58) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Finale Lite – Sales Countdown Timer & Discount for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.7★ (151) wp.org #10 2 too low 9 Coupon X – Discount Popups, Promo Codes Pop Ups for WooCommerce & Announcement Popups 1K+ · 4.9★ (52) wp.org #9 ↓5 10 Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction 10K+ · 4.7★ (270) wp.org #19 9 too low 11 Pay for Payment for WooCommerce – Payment Gateway Fees & Discounts 10K+ · 4.7★ (71) wp.org #18 7 too low 12 Dynamic Pricing With Discount Rules for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.5★ (68) wp.org #14 2 too low 13 First Order Discount Woocommerce 1K+ · 4.8★ (18) wp.org #15 2 too low 14 Smart Coupons For WooCommerce Coupons 30K+ · 4.7★ (133) wp.org #22 ↓1 8 too low 15 Dynamic Pricing and Discount Rules 1K+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #8 7 too high 16 Sitewide Discount for WooCommerce: Apply Discount to All Products 600+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #7 9 too high 17 Price by Quantity & Bulk Quantity Discounts for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.8★ (16) wp.org #21 ↑1 4 too low 18 ELEX WooCommerce Discount Per Payment Method 1K+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #12 ↑1 6 too high 19 ELEX WooCommerce Dynamic Pricing and Discounts 700+ · 4.3★ (13) wp.org #24 5 too low 20 Dynamic Pricing and Discount Rules for WooCommerce 600+ · 4.0★ (13) wp.org #11 9 too high 21 ELEX WooCommerce Product Price Custom Text (Before & After Text) and Discount 2K+ · 4.6★ (10) wp.org #17 4 too high 22 Discount Rules for WooCommerce – Disco | Dynamic Pricing, Conditions, Bulk, Bundle, BOGO 5K+ · 4.2★ (9) wp.org #13 ↓1 9 too high 23 PiWeb Conditional Discount / Bulk discounts for WooCommerce 100+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #20 3 too high 24 Sale price as order discount for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #23 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.