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

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 “eshop”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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

BusinessLeague Marketing shows at wp.org #12 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 40+ 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

Menu Cart for WooCommerce places #5 on merit, 4.6★ from 99 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 SuperFaktura WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.9★ (16) wp.org #1 2 XML Feed for Skroutz & BestPrice for WooCommerce 700+ · 4.8★ (16) wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too low 3 Linguise – AI Automatic Multilingual Translation 1K+ · 4.9★ (31) wp.org #6 3 too low 4 Next-Cart Store to WooCommerce Migration 100+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too low 5 Menu Cart for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.6★ (99) wp.org #19 ↑1 14 too low 6 WP Menu Cart 8K+ · 4.8★ (23) wp.org #21 15 too low 7 Oxygen MyData for WooCommerce 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 ↑3 5 too high 8 Pay with MTN MoMo in WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (19) wp.org #23 ↑1 15 too low 9 P PrestaShop Integration 90+ · 4.6★ (13) wp.org #18 9 too low 10 AFS Analytics 500+ · 4.1★ (9) wp.org #11 1 too low 11 Helpdesk Support Ticket System for WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 ↓1 7 too high 12 BestPrice Analytics Integration 1K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 5 too high 13 Rooster One 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 5 too high 14 Anant Sites — Elementor & Gutenberg Readymade Template Library Free & Pro Templates 1K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 5 too high 15 Anant Addons for Elementor – Widgets, Templates & WooCommerce Builder 700+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 5 too high 16 Stockaro Connect — Barcode Scanner for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 Megaventory Inventory Management 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 2 too high 18 PostExtra – News and Magazine Blog Post Blocks for Gutenberg & FSE 90+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 5 too high 19 Rich online odstúpenie od zmluvy — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 3 too high 20 Connect with Emblem.gr — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↑2 3 too high 21 BusinessLeague Marketing 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 9 too high 22 AV Solutions Courier Shipping for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓3 2 too high 23 WCS Store Essentials – The Ultimate All-in-One WooCommerce Toolkit — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 1 too high 24 F Fakturo Stock in List 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1

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.