wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “export plugin information”
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 plugin information”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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
WP All Export – Product Export Add-On for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #11 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 10K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.5★ average from 24 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.
Buried gem
TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy places #12 on merit, 5.0★ from 4625 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.
Export All URLs 50K+ · 4.6★ (94)
wp.org #1 ↑2 2 
Advanced Order Export For WooCommerce 100K+ · 5.0★ (350)
wp.org #2 ↓1 3 
WP All Export – Drag & Drop Export to Any Custom CSV, XML & Excel 100K+ · 4.5★ (415)
wp.org #3 ↓1 4 
Order Export & Order Import for WooCommerce 50K+ · 4.7★ (337)
wp.org #5 ↑2 1 too low 5 
Members – Membership & User Role Editor Plugin 300K+ · 4.9★ (1281)
wp.org #7 ↑3 2 too low 6 
Import and export users and customers 70K+ · 4.7★ (259)
wp.org #6 ↑2 7 
Product Import Export for WooCommerce – CSV Product Importer & Exporter 80K+ · 4.6★ (413)
wp.org #9 ↓5 2 too low 8 
Download Plugin 60K+ · 4.5★ (27)
wp.org #4 ↑1 4 too high 9 
GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform 100K+ · 4.6★ (708)
wp.org #13 ↓1 4 too low 10 
BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin 400K+ · 4.0★ (1323)
wp.org #12 ↑4 2 too low 11 
Easy Updates Manager 300K+ · 4.8★ (726)
wp.org #15 ↓2 4 too low 12 TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy 600K+ · 5.0★ (4625)
wp.org #19 ↑5 7 too low 13 
WP STAGING – Backups & Restore, Migration & Clone Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups 100K+ · 4.8★ (2470)
wp.org #21 ↓2 8 too low 14 
Export Media URLs 7K+ · 5.0★ (29)
wp.org #8 ↑1 6 too high 15 
GTM4WP – A Google Tag Manager (GTM) plugin for WordPress 700K+ · 4.5★ (155)
wp.org #10 ↑1 5 too high 16 
LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778)
wp.org #22 ↓4 6 too low 17 
Speed Optimizer – The All-In-One Performance-Boosting Plugin 1M+ · 4.2★ (641)
wp.org #16 ↓1 1 too high 18 WP All Export – Product Export Add-On for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.5★ (24) thin reviews
wp.org #11 ↑3 7 too high 19 
Plugin Check (PCP) 10K+ · 4.5★ (36)
wp.org #18 ↓1 1 too high 20 
Export Products, Orders & Customers for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.6★ (14) thin reviews
wp.org #14 6 too high 21 
Plugin Report 1K+ · 5.0★ (15) thin reviews
wp.org #23 ↓1 2 too low 22 
WP All Export – Order Export for WooCommerce 3K+ · 3.9★ (8) thin reviews
wp.org #17 ↑3 5 too high 23 
Post Export Import with Media 1K+ · 4.5★ (8) thin reviews
wp.org #24 ↓3 1 too low 24 
Export Users Data CSV 1K+ · 5.0★ (4) thin reviews
wp.org #20 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.