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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “dynamic 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 “dynamic shipping”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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

WooCommerce Shipping shows at wp.org #3 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 70K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 2.0★ average from 18 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Wholesale Suite – B2B, Dynamic Pricing & WooCommerce Wholesale Prices places #8 on merit, 4.8★ from 546 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 Shipping Live Rates for USPS for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.7★ (30) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 Shipping Live Rates and Access Points for UPS for WooCommerce 7K+ · 4.7★ (77) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 Product Feed PRO for WooCommerce by AdTribes – Product Feeds for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.7★ (1072) wp.org #6 3 too low 4 Advanced Dynamic Pricing and Discount Rules for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.7★ (123) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too low 5 Discount Rules and Dynamic Pricing for WooCommerce 9K+ · 4.7★ (248) wp.org #8 ↑4 3 too low 6 Conditional Shipping for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.6★ (22) wp.org #4 ↑1 2 too high 7 Free Shipping Label and Progress Bar for WooCommerce 5K+ · 5.0★ (43) wp.org #7 ↑2 8 Wholesale Suite – B2B, Dynamic Pricing & WooCommerce Wholesale Prices 20K+ · 4.8★ (546) wp.org #17 ↓2 9 too low 9 Campos Checkout Brasileiro para WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (45) wp.org #9 ↑2 10 Freetop – Free Shipping Bar for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.7★ (40) wp.org #13 3 too low 11 YayPricing – WooCommerce Dynamic Pricing & Discounts 3K+ · 5.0★ (72) wp.org #18 ↑1 7 too low 12 Free Shipping Bar: Amount Left for Free Shipping for WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (26) wp.org #14 2 too low 13 Hide Shipping Method For WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.0★ (25) wp.org #10 ↓2 3 too high 14 Easyship WooCommerce Shipping Rates 2K+ · 4.2★ (54) wp.org #16 ↑1 2 too low 15 WowShipping – Table Rate & Weight Based Shipping 700+ · 5.0★ (25) wp.org #21 6 too low 16 Dynamic AJAX Product Filters for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #15 ↑3 1 too high 17 Freight Shipping Quote – Simplify Shipping Cost Requests 300+ · 4.7★ (16) wp.org #20 3 too low 18 WooCommerce Shipping 70K+ · 2.0★ (18) wp.org #3 ↓2 15 too high 19 Shipping Zones by Drawing for WooCommerce 500+ · 4.1★ (24) wp.org #23 ↓1 4 too low 20 Codiepress Advanced Rule Based Shipping for WooCommerce, Table Rate Shipping Methods, Weight Based Shipping 100+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #24 4 too low 21 GLS Shipping for WooCommerce 2K+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #11 ↓4 10 too high 22 Shipping Live Rates for Royal Mail for WooCommerce 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 ↓2 10 too high 23 Amadast Shipping 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #19 ↑2 4 too high 24 Codiepress WooCommerce Conditional Shipping and Payments – Hide Shipping & Payment Methods 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #22 ↑2 2 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.