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

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 “jacket”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 3 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Discount Rules and Dynamic Pricing for WooCommerce 9K+ · 4.7★ (248) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Product Size Charts Plugin for WooCommerce 9K+ · 4.3★ (39) wp.org #3 ↑1 1 too low 3 Advanced coupon for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (19) wp.org #8 5 too low 4 SizeSync – Size Chart & Size Guide for WooCommerce 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #1 3 too high 5 Popcustoms – Print on demand & dropshipping, Free Personalizer 100+ · 4.4★ (5) wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too high 6 AI Search for WooCommerce – Semantic Search 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Neon Channel Product Customizer Free 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Virtual Try-On for WooCommerce – Preview AI 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 TryLoom – AI Virtual Try On for WooCommerce 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 2 too low 10 Fotogenic AI – Product Image Generator for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 Tukify — AI Shopping Assistant for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 Corlen Virtual Try-On for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 2 too low 13 Webcrome Neon Sign Customizer for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 2 too low 14 Dresium – AI Virtual Try-On & Fitting Room for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 2 too high 15 PCP Linkflow Engine — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 1 too low 16 Mirrolo — AI Virtual Try-On, Product Photos & Shopping Assistant for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 ↑1 3 too high 17 Social Chat — Floating Click-to-Chat Button — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 18 Virtual Try-On for Shops 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 19 TryonX – AI Virtual Try-On for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 20 SwiftSearch for Algolia — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 21 Extraordinary AI Shopping Assistant for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 22 Try-On Video for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 Lotusa Store Chat for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 24 suPixel AI Try On — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24

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.