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

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 “gtin”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 6 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

Trusted Shops Easy Integration for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #5 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 6K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Product Feed PRO for WooCommerce by AdTribes – Product Feeds for WooCommerce places #7 on merit, 4.7★ from 1071 reviews, but shows at wp.org #11. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27821) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 EAN Barcode Generator for WooCommerce: UPC, ISBN & GTIN Inventory 10K+ · 4.9★ (56) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ · 4.8★ (7519) wp.org #3 4 SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO 300K+ · 4.8★ (1267) wp.org #4 ↑2 5 Customer Reviews for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.8★ (1539) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 WPSSO Core – Complete Schema Markup and Meta Tags 4K+ · 4.6★ (306) wp.org #6 ↓1 7 Product Feed PRO for WooCommerce by AdTribes – Product Feeds for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.7★ (1071) wp.org #11 ↓2 4 too low 8 Product Feed Manager for WooCommerce – RexFeed – Sell on 200+ Shopping Channels 10K+ · 4.8★ (256) wp.org #7 ↑3 1 too high 9 Product Feed Manager for WooCommerce – CTX Feed – Support 220+ Shopping, AI & Social Channels 90K+ · 4.6★ (838) wp.org #12 ↓1 3 too low 10 Product Feed for Google Shopping, Microsoft Advertising and 40+ Channels for WooCommerce Merchant 2K+ · 4.8★ (87) wp.org #10 ↑8 11 Barcode Generator: Print Product Labels & Order Barcode Label (A4, Thermal/Roll, Letter) 900+ · 4.5★ (74) wp.org #15 ↑7 4 too low 12 Advanced Woo Search – Product Search for WooCommerce 60K+ · 4.8★ (248) wp.org #16 ↓3 4 too low 13 Product Code for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.9★ (30) wp.org #18 ↓2 5 too low 14 WPSSO Schema Product Metadata for WooCommerce 400+ · 4.8★ (16) wp.org #9 ↓2 5 too high 15 MJDD Sidrena Cijena 700+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 WC Shop Sync – Square Payment Gateway and Product Synchronization for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.5★ (42) wp.org #23 7 too low 17 Trusted Shops Easy Integration for WooCommerce 6K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #5 ↓1 12 too high 18 Polski for WooCommerce 60+ · 4.8★ (10) wp.org #19 1 too low 19 Inventory Sync for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #21 ↓4 2 too low 20 Mergado Pack 700+ · 3.6★ (17) wp.org #20 21 WPSSO Google Merchant Feed XML 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #17 ↓2 4 too high 22 Merchant Center Reviews for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #13 ↓1 9 too high 23 Import WooCommerce Suite for Products, Orders, Coupons, Reviews, and Customers | WP Ultimate CSV Importer 4K+ · 2.3★ (6) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too high 24 Flexible EAN for WooCommerce 200+ · 2.7★ (3) wp.org #24 ↓4

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.