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

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 user”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 5 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 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

WP All Export – User Export Add-On shows at wp.org #4 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 6K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.6★ average from 7 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

User Menus – Nav Menu Visibility places #9 on merit, 5.0★ from 1281 reviews, but shows at wp.org #18. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Import and export users and customers 70K+ · 4.7★ (259) wp.org #1 2 Export and Import Users and Customers 50K+ · 4.8★ (442) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 User Role Editor 700K+ · 4.5★ (288) wp.org #3 ↓1 4 User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor 40K+ · 4.7★ (738) wp.org #5 ↑3 1 too low 5 Advanced Order Export For WooCommerce 100K+ · 5.0★ (350) wp.org #7 ↓2 2 too low 6 Members – Membership & User Role Editor Plugin 300K+ · 4.9★ (1281) wp.org #9 ↓2 3 too low 7 WP All Export – Drag & Drop Export to Any Custom CSV, XML & Excel 100K+ · 4.5★ (415) wp.org #8 ↓2 1 too low 8 User Registration & Membership – Free & Paid Memberships, Subscriptions, Content Restriction, User Profile, Custom User Registration & Login Builder 50K+ · 4.8★ (832) wp.org #11 ↓7 3 too low 9 User Menus – Nav Menu Visibility 80K+ · 5.0★ (1281) wp.org #18 ↓5 9 too low 10 Export All URLs 50K+ · 4.6★ (94) wp.org #10 ↓1 11 Customizer Export/Import 100K+ · 4.8★ (115) wp.org #12 ↓2 1 too low 12 WP Import Export Lite 40K+ · 4.0★ (113) wp.org #13 ↑4 1 too low 13 Order Export & Order Import for WooCommerce 50K+ · 4.7★ (337) wp.org #14 ↓2 1 too low 14 WP User Manager – Registration Form, Login Form, User Profile Builder & Member Directory 10K+ · 4.7★ (350) wp.org #16 2 too low 15 User Frontend – Membership, User Registration, User Profile, User Directory & Content Restriction with Frontend Post Submission 20K+ · 4.1★ (537) wp.org #15 ↑7 16 Open User Map – Interactive Leaflet Maps 10K+ · 5.0★ (70) wp.org #23 7 too low 17 Export Media URLs 7K+ · 5.0★ (29) wp.org #17 ↓2 18 Activity Log – Monitor User and Agent Changes 200K+ · 4.3★ (74) wp.org #20 2 too low 19 WP All Export – User Export Add-On 6K+ · 3.6★ (7) wp.org #4 ↑7 15 too high 20 Export Users Data CSV 1K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #6 ↑8 14 too high 21 PiWeb Export Customers Users & Guest customer to CSV for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.7★ (30) wp.org #19 ↓1 2 too high 22 WP All Export – Product Export Add-On for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.5★ (24) wp.org #21 ↓2 1 too high 23 BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Export Single Post Page 3K+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #22 ↑1 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.