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

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 “eat”, 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

Indonesian Banks for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #15 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ · 4.8★ (3221) wp.org #1 2 Easy Digital Downloads – eCommerce Payments and Subscriptions made easy 40K+ · 4.7★ (592) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 iControlWP 900+ · 4.8★ (63) wp.org #5 ↓1 2 too low 4 Food Online for WooCommerce 300+ · 4.1★ (26) wp.org #4 5 Advanced Shipping Rates for WooCommerce: Flexible Table Rate Shipping Rules 2K+ · 4.9★ (49) wp.org #8 ↓1 3 too low 6 Page Visits Counter – Lite 5K+ · 4.0★ (7) wp.org #2 4 too high 7 Simple Client Dashboard 2K+ · 4.5★ (26) wp.org #9 ↓1 2 too low 8 Multi Page Auto Advance for Gravity Forms 2K+ · 4.3★ (20) wp.org #7 ↓1 1 too high 9 Importify – AI Dropshipping for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.5★ (27) wp.org #13 ↓2 4 too low 10 MyD Delivery 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #6 ↓1 4 too high 11 Easy Integration for Dropbox – File Manager 100+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #14 3 too low 12 ShipStation Live Rates for WooCommerce 800+ · 3.6★ (11) wp.org #17 5 too low 13 Hotel Booking for WooCommerce 100+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 Rixden Quote Builder 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #11 ↓1 3 too high 15 AForms Eats 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 5 too high 16 ClearPost – AI Auto Blogging & SEO Agent 80+ · 4.5★ (4) wp.org #20 ↓1 4 too low 17 Minimum Order Amount for WooCommerce 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 2 too low 18 CI Calorie Calculator 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↓3 2 too high 19 MyFeeds — Affiliate Product Feed Importer & Shoppable Product Cards 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 3 too low 20 Murls Discounts – Flexible Discounts for WooCommerce 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 3 too low 21 Glimmernet Spot Check 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓3 3 too low 22 Easy Shipping Rate for WooCommerce 20+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↓1 1 too high 23 Indonesian Banks for WooCommerce 100+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #15 8 too high 24 Author Bio On Hover – Author Box 40+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #18 ↓2 6 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.