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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “hide quantity”

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 “hide quantity”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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

Hide Price and Add to Cart for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #12 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 800+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Advanced Product Fields (Product Addons) for WooCommerce places #7 on merit, 4.8★ from 284 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 Min and Max Quantity for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.8★ (218) wp.org #1 2 Quantity Plus Minus Button for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.4★ (30) wp.org #2 3 Min Max Step Quantity Limits Manager for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.9★ (51) wp.org #3 4 Hide Shipping Method For WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.0★ (25) wp.org #4 5 Change Quantity on Checkout for WooCommerce 4K+ · 5.0★ (52) wp.org #10 5 too low 6 Min Max Quantities – Set Minimum/Maximum Quantity & Price Limits with Step Control for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.8★ (60) wp.org #11 ↑1 5 too low 7 Advanced Product Fields (Product Addons) for WooCommerce 50K+ · 4.8★ (284) wp.org #18 ↓2 11 too low 8 Hide Cart Functions 3K+ · 4.6★ (14) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 SMNTCS Quantity Increment Buttons for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.5★ (20) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 Discount Rules and Dynamic Pricing for WooCommerce 9K+ · 4.7★ (248) wp.org #20 10 too low 11 WPC Product Bundles for WooCommerce 30K+ · 4.4★ (220) wp.org #19 ↓4 8 too low 12 Flexible Quantity & Price Calculator for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.3★ (9) wp.org #5 7 too high 13 B2BKing — Ultimate WooCommerce B2B and Wholesale Plugin — Wholesale Prices, Bulk Order Form & More 10K+ · 4.9★ (109) wp.org #23 ↓2 10 too low 14 Minimum and Maximum Quantity for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.0★ (16) wp.org #7 7 too high 15 WPC Price by Quantity for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #9 6 too high 16 WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ · 2.9★ (583) wp.org #15 1 too high 17 Price by Quantity & Bulk Quantity Discounts for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.8★ (16) wp.org #14 ↓1 3 too high 18 Quantity Discounts, Breaks & Product Bundles for Woocommerce By Bundler 400+ · 4.5★ (51) wp.org #22 ↓2 4 too low 19 Smooth Back To Top Button 40K+ · 4.9★ (31) wp.org #24 5 too low 20 Decimal Product Quantity for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.5★ (11) wp.org #13 ↓2 7 too high 21 Buy Now Button for WooCommerce 5K+ · 3.9★ (23) wp.org #16 ↓2 5 too high 22 PiWeb Min/Max Quantity & Minimum Order Limits for WooCommerce 600+ · 4.3★ (11) wp.org #21 ↓3 1 too high 23 Hide Price and Add to Cart for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #12 11 too high 24 Hide Shipping Method conditionally for WooCommerce 100+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #17 7 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.