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

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 “litres”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 1 of the top 19.

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

Shoplex – EU Compliance for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #14 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its — installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Min Max Step Quantity Limits Manager for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.9★ (51) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 LitRes Widget 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Polski for WooCommerce 60+ · 4.8★ (10) wp.org #3 4 PriceWise – Measurement Price Calculator for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #4 5 Total Cost Input for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #5 6 WeRePack – Reuse Packaging for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #6 7 EuroBrit – EU & UK Compliance for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 8 Layout Foundry Quantities — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 9 Essence Measure and Price for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 10 JeyTech Unit Price Guard for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 11 Pizza2Calc Dough Calculator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 12 ACS Freight Calculator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 13 FilterSmith – Product & Category Filters for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 14 Modulux Shipping Helper for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 1 too low 15 Alt Text & Image SEO — ALTification 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 1 too low 16 IDS Areamiq — Coverage Calculator for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 1 too low 17 Holio Shipping 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too low 18 Shoplex – EU Compliance for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 4 too high 19 U Unit Converter 10+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #19

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.