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

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 “fitment”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 2 of the top 16.

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

SEMA API shows at wp.org #6 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 20+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.5★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Product Size Charts Plugin for WooCommerce 9K+ · 4.3★ (39) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 YMM Product Filter for Woo – Year Make Model search 90+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 AWC Vehicle Fitment Search — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 4 BBM Vehicle Fitment for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 5 Carfitly – AI Auto Parts Fitment Assistant — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 6 Promotion for Woo – Promo manager with Widgets, Badges and Blocks — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↑3 1 too low 7 J Jitender Tyre Shop Manager — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↓2 1 too low 8 YMM Hero – Year Make Model Search for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓2 1 too low 9 LystoSync for eBay 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 ↓1 6 too low 10 Toofast Catalog Connect — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓2 11 G GarageFit Search for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓2 12 P Product Table for Elementor 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓1 13 AWC Member Pricing for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 14 Rankfluent AI – SEO Content & Translations — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 15 Lynbro Soge Lookup — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 1 too low 16 SEMA API 20+ · 1.5★ (2) wp.org #6 ↓2 10 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.