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

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 “drivers”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 of the top 20. 3 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

Delivery Drivers for Vendors shows at wp.org #10 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 30+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

WPCafe – Restaurant Menu, Online Food Ordering & Table Booking System places #11 on merit, 4.6★ from 113 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 Local Delivery Drivers for WooCommerce 800+ · 4.3★ (18) wp.org #1 2 E-cab Taxi Booking Manager for Woocommerce 2K+ · 4.9★ (28) wp.org #2 3 Dokan: AI Powered WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace Solution – Build Your Own Amazon, eBay, Etsy 30K+ · 4.6★ (769) wp.org #3 4 File Manager 1M+ · 4.6★ (1492) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 FG Drupal to WordPress 700+ · 4.6★ (111) wp.org #9 ↑1 4 too low 6 Barcode Generator: Print Product Labels & Order Barcode Label (A4, Thermal/Roll, Letter) 900+ · 4.5★ (74) wp.org #8 ↓2 2 too low 7 VikBooking Hotel Booking Engine & PMS 8K+ · 4.8★ (61) wp.org #6 ↑2 1 too high 8 SMS Alert – SMS Notifications & OTP Login, COD Verification, Abandoned Cart Recovery 3K+ · 4.6★ (35) wp.org #7 ↑2 1 too high 9 FG SPIP to WordPress 100+ · 4.9★ (32) wp.org #15 ↑1 6 too low 10 Free Shipping Label and Progress Bar for WooCommerce 5K+ · 5.0★ (43) wp.org #13 ↓2 3 too low 11 WPCafe – Restaurant Menu, Online Food Ordering & Table Booking System 5K+ · 4.6★ (113) wp.org #23 12 too low 12 RestroPress – Online Food Ordering System 1K+ · 4.4★ (102) wp.org #14 ↑3 2 too low 13 Orderable – Restaurant & Food Ordering System 5K+ · 4.6★ (40) wp.org #22 ↑1 9 too low 14 Shipday Local Delivery for WooCommerce 700+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #4 10 too high 15 Food Menu – Restaurant Menu & Online Ordering for WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (24) wp.org #24 9 too low 16 School Management System – WPSchoolPress 1K+ · 4.0★ (21) wp.org #11 ↑1 5 too high 17 eaSYNC Booking – Hotels, Restaurants & Car Rentals 100+ · 4.1★ (17) wp.org #19 ↑2 2 too low 18 Autocomplete Address and Location Picker for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.5★ (11) wp.org #16 ↓1 2 too high 19 PrinterCo Automatic Order Printing for WooCommerce 300+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #18 ↑2 1 too high 20 Rox Appointment Booking – Event, Calendar & Appointment Scheduling 2K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #21 ↑1 1 too low 21 Delivery Drivers for Vendors 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↑3 11 too high 22 TaxiWebBooker 90+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 ↑2 10 too high 23 Delivery Drivers Manager 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↑2 6 too high 24 Workparcel 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 4 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.