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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “local delivery”

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 “local delivery”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 of the top 20. 8 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

Shipday Local Delivery for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #3 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 14 places. Its 700+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.2★ average from 5 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Super Page Cache – Cloudflare Cache, Page Speed & Core Web Vitals places #8 on merit, 4.8★ from 517 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Local Delivery Drivers for WooCommerce 800+ · 4.3★ (18) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 Print Invoice & Delivery Notes for WooCommerce 30K+ · 4.4★ (140) wp.org #2 ↓1 3 Post SMTP – Complete Email Delivery and SMTP Solution with Email Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App 300K+ · 4.7★ (528) wp.org #6 ↓3 3 too low 4 Delivery & Pickup Date Time for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (282) wp.org #4 ↑1 5 W3 Total Cache 900K+ · 4.4★ (5420) wp.org #13 ↑10 8 too low 6 Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4962) wp.org #15 ↓1 9 too low 7 Order Delivery Date for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.3★ (61) wp.org #5 ↑1 2 too high 8 Super Page Cache – Cloudflare Cache, Page Speed & Core Web Vitals 70K+ · 4.8★ (517) wp.org #21 ↑3 13 too low 9 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) wp.org #17 ↑5 8 too low 10 Delivery Date Time & Pickup for WooCommerce 400+ · 4.2★ (113) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 MailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation 500K+ · 4.4★ (1435) wp.org #20 9 too low 12 EWWW Image Optimizer 1M+ · 4.8★ (1842) wp.org #24 ↓5 12 too low 13 Advanced Local Pickup for WooCommerce – Click & Collect, In-Store Pickup 3K+ · 4.7★ (55) wp.org #10 3 too high 14 Better Font Awesome 60K+ · 4.5★ (88) wp.org #16 ↓1 2 too low 15 Advanced Shipment Tracking for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.5★ (355) wp.org #18 ↓2 3 too low 16 Chwazi – Delivery & Pickup Scheduling for WooCommerce 500+ · 5.0★ (30) wp.org #11 5 too high 17 Shipday Local Delivery for WooCommerce 700+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #3 ↑1 14 too high 18 PI Delivery & Pickup Date Time for WooCommerce 400+ · 4.8★ (90) wp.org #22 ↓1 4 too low 19 WooReer 1K+ · 4.1★ (24) wp.org #23 ↓3 4 too low 20 WPC Estimated Delivery Date for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.0★ (9) wp.org #7 13 too high 21 MyD Delivery 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #12 9 too high 22 Local Pickup for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 14 too high 23 Deliver via Shipos for WooCommerce 600+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #19 ↓2 4 too high 24 MyD Delivery Widgets 500+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↓1 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.