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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “edit date”

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 “edit date”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 5 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

WPC Estimated Delivery Date for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #8 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 10K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.0★ average from 9 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Members – Membership & User Role Editor Plugin places #8 on merit, 4.9★ from 1281 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 PW WooCommerce Bulk Edit 20K+ · 4.9★ (238) wp.org #1 2 W WP Meta and Date Remover 80K+ · 4.2★ (71) wp.org #2 3 Site Kit by Google – Analytics, Search Console, AdSense, Speed 5M+ · 4.2★ (1012) wp.org #3 4 Parsi Date | بسته فارسی ساز وردپرس و ووکامرس پارسی دیت 100K+ · 4.6★ (130) wp.org #6 ↓2 2 too low 5 Bulk Edit Products for WooCommerce – WP Sheet Editor 10K+ · 4.9★ (228) wp.org #5 ↑1 6 Bulky – Bulk Edit Products for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.6★ (53) wp.org #4 ↑1 2 too high 7 Bulk Edit Posts and Products in Spreadsheet 7K+ · 4.8★ (217) wp.org #10 ↓1 3 too low 8 Members – Membership & User Role Editor Plugin 300K+ · 4.9★ (1281) wp.org #20 12 too low 9 Smart Manager – Bulk Edit for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.4★ (288) wp.org #15 ↑9 6 too low 10 Edit Author Slug 100K+ · 4.8★ (84) wp.org #14 ↓3 4 too low 11 Delivery & Pickup Date Time for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (282) wp.org #13 ↑3 2 too low 12 Order Delivery Date for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.3★ (61) wp.org #7 5 too high 13 Bulk Edit and Create User Profiles – WP Sheet Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (19) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 First payment date for WooCommerce Subscriptions 400+ · 4.7★ (10) wp.org #11 ↑2 3 too high 15 ELEX WooCommerce Bulk Edit Products, Prices & Attributes (Basic) 4K+ · 3.7★ (25) wp.org #9 ↑1 6 too high 16 BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #23 7 too low 17 Estimated delivery date per product for WooCommerce 300+ · 4.3★ (83) wp.org #21 ↓1 4 too low 18 WPEPP – Essential Security, Password Protect & Login Page Customizer 3K+ · 4.1★ (19) wp.org #19 ↓1 1 too low 19 Change Last Modified Date 3K+ · 4.3★ (12) wp.org #16 ↓2 3 too high 20 WPC Estimated Delivery Date for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.0★ (9) wp.org #8 12 too high 21 Product Delivery Date for WooCommerce – Lite 1K+ · 4.1★ (13) wp.org #17 ↓2 4 too high 22 Bulk Edit Events – Create Events in a Bulk Editor 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #24 ↓3 2 too low 23 Date Today Nepali 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #18 ↓1 5 too high 24 WPBulky – WordPress Bulk Edit Post Types 400+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #22 ↓3 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.