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

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 “excel”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 7 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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

SheetLink Forms for Google Sheets and Excel shows at wp.org #14 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy 600K+ · 5.0★ (4625) wp.org #1 2 WP All Import – Drag & Drop Import for CSV, XML, Excel & Google Sheets 100K+ · 4.7★ (1966) wp.org #2 3 WP All Export – Drag & Drop Export to Any Custom CSV, XML & Excel 100K+ · 4.5★ (415) wp.org #3 4 Data Tables Generator by Supsystic – Excel-like, WooCommerce & Pricing Tables 10K+ · 4.7★ (497) wp.org #4 5 WP Ultimate CSV Importer – WordPress CSV, XML & Excel Import Export 20K+ · 4.4★ (593) wp.org #5 ↓1 6 Database Addon for Contact Form 7 – CFDB7 600K+ · 5.0★ (1875) wp.org #9 ↓1 3 too low 7 wpDataTables – WordPress Data Table, Dynamic Tables & Table Charts Plugin 60K+ · 4.5★ (449) wp.org #8 ↓1 1 too low 8 GravityExport Lite for Gravity Forms 10K+ · 5.0★ (39) wp.org #6 ↓1 2 too high 9 Advanced Order Export For WooCommerce 100K+ · 5.0★ (350) wp.org #12 ↓2 3 too low 10 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #11 ↓2 1 too low 11 Embed Any Document – Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel Files 50K+ · 4.2★ (92) wp.org #7 ↓1 4 too high 12 WP All Import – Product Import for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.7★ (276) wp.org #13 ↓1 1 too low 13 Paid Membership Subscriptions – Effortless Memberships, Recurring Payments & Content Restriction 10K+ · 4.7★ (270) wp.org #15 ↓1 2 too low 14 Appointment Hour Booking – Booking Calendar 10K+ · 4.9★ (524) wp.org #19 5 too low 15 Breeze Cache 300K+ · 3.6★ (133) wp.org #10 ↑1 5 too high 16 SlimStat Analytics – Real-Time Stats, Heatmaps & Ecommerce 70K+ · 4.8★ (816) wp.org #18 2 too low 17 Import and export users and customers 70K+ · 4.7★ (259) wp.org #24 ↓8 7 too low 18 Easy Appointments 10K+ · 4.3★ (131) wp.org #17 1 too high 19 BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 Store Exporter – Export WooCommerce Products, Orders, Subscriptions, Customers 6K+ · 4.1★ (166) wp.org #23 ↓4 3 too low 21 Statify – Extended Evaluation 20K+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #21 ↓4 22 SheetLink Forms for Google Sheets and Excel 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↓1 8 too high 23 DB Sync for Microsoft Excel 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 ↓4 1 too high 24 SpreadsheetConverter Calculator 500+ · 2.5★ (4) wp.org #16 ↓1 8 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.