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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “export categories”

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 “export categories”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 of the top 20. 2 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

Export Single Post Page shows at wp.org #8 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 3K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.7★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner places #11 on merit, 4.7★ from 1667 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WP All Export – Drag & Drop Export to Any Custom CSV, XML & Excel 100K+ · 4.5★ (415) wp.org #2 ↓1 1 too low 2 E Export Categories 1K+ · 4.8★ (12) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Export All URLs 50K+ · 4.6★ (94) wp.org #3 ↓1 4 Product Import Export for WooCommerce – CSV Product Importer & Exporter 80K+ · 4.6★ (413) wp.org #4 ↓1 5 Export media with selected content (by DKZR) 40K+ · 4.5★ (93) wp.org #6 ↓2 1 too low 6 Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27821) wp.org #14 ↑4 8 too low 7 BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #16 ↓5 8 too low 9 Polylang 900K+ · 4.7★ (3004) wp.org #17 ↑3 8 too low 10 WP All Export – Product Export Add-On for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.5★ (24) wp.org #7 ↓2 3 too high 11 Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #21 ↑3 10 too low 12 Product Category Slider & Grid for WooCommerce – Reno Product Category 9K+ · 4.8★ (91) wp.org #11 ↓5 1 too high 13 Export Products, Orders & Customers for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.6★ (14) wp.org #9 4 too high 14 Category AJAX Filter – Posts, Custom Post Types & Product Filter 6K+ · 4.9★ (158) wp.org #24 10 too low 15 Bulk Edit Categories and Tags – Create Thousands Quickly on the Editor 3K+ · 4.5★ (26) wp.org #15 ↓2 16 Store Exporter – Export WooCommerce Products, Orders, Subscriptions, Customers 6K+ · 4.1★ (166) wp.org #22 6 too low 17 WP All Export – Order Export for WooCommerce 3K+ · 3.9★ (8) wp.org #10 ↓1 7 too high 18 Order Export for WooCommerce 2K+ · 3.8★ (14) wp.org #12 ↓4 6 too high 19 Post Export Import with Media 1K+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #13 ↓3 6 too high 20 Export Single Post Page 3K+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #8 ↓1 12 too high 21 Import WP – CSV & XML Import Export for WordPress 4K+ · 4.4★ (25) wp.org #23 ↓2 2 too low 22 Magic Export & Import 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #18 ↓4 4 too high 23 Simple Export to Markdown 300+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #19 ↓2 4 too high 24 BulkPress – Export 300+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #20 ↓5 4 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.