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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “driver app”

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 “driver app”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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

TaxiWebBooker shows at wp.org #7 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 90+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Frontend Dashboard places #9 on merit, 4.9★ from 136 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 Dokan: AI Powered WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution – Build Your Own Amazon, eBay, Etsy 30K+ · 4.6★ (769) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 Local Delivery Drivers for WooCommerce 800+ · 4.3★ (18) wp.org #2 ↓1 3 RestroPress – Online Food Ordering System 1K+ · 4.4★ (102) wp.org #4 ↑1 1 too low 4 FluentSMTP – WP Mail SMTP Plugin with Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Cloudflare, toSend, Gmail and Any SMTP 700K+ · 4.8★ (410) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 Barcode Generator: Print Product Labels & Order Barcode Label (A4, Thermal/Roll, Letter) 900+ · 4.5★ (74) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS 8K+ · 4.8★ (61) wp.org #9 ↑1 3 too low 7 WPCafe – Restaurant Menu, Online Food Ordering & Table Booking System 5K+ · 4.6★ (113) wp.org #11 ↑2 4 too low 8 MStore API – Create Native Android & iOS Apps On The Cloud 2K+ · 3.7★ (21) wp.org #5 ↓1 3 too high 9 Frontend Dashboard 500+ · 4.9★ (136) wp.org #17 8 too low 10 Shipday Local Delivery for WooCommerce 700+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #3 7 too high 11 HT Easy GA4 – Google Analytics WordPress Plugin 6K+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #10 ↑1 1 too high 12 Tourfic – AI Powered Travel Booking, Hotel Booking & Car Rental 1K+ · 4.1★ (16) wp.org #15 ↑2 3 too low 13 PrinterCo Automatic Order Printing for WooCommerce 300+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 Print Anywhere & Create PDFs of Order Receipts, Invoices, Labels & More. 1K+ · 4.7★ (18) wp.org #23 ↓2 9 too low 15 WC Affiliate – WooCommerce Affiliate Plugin 300+ · 4.6★ (16) wp.org #20 5 too low 16 FoodOrd – Online Food Ordering & Table Reservation System 20+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #14 ↑2 2 too high 17 Transporters.io 100+ · 4.4★ (5) wp.org #18 1 too low 18 TaxiWebBooker 90+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 ↑2 11 too high 19 Rento King – Car Rental System 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #21 ↑2 2 too low 20 Delivery Drivers for Vendors 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↑1 7 too high 21 LittleBig Universal CalDAV for FluentBooking 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↓1 5 too high 22 Onro – Local Delivery Management for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 ShipAny WooCommerce: Ship, Label, Tracking 200+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #22 1 too high 24 WP-HR Manager: The Human Resources Plugin for WordPress 200+ · 2.0★ (5) wp.org #19 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.