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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “market data”

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 “market data”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 16 of the top 20. 7 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

Stock Market News shows at wp.org #5 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 400+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.7★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Customer Reviews for WooCommerce places #9 on merit, 4.8★ from 1539 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 WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ · 4.8★ (14387) wp.org #3 ↑1 2 too low 2 Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More 1M+ · 4.9★ (4940) wp.org #4 ↑1 2 too low 3 Burst Statistics – Simple WordPress Analytics (Google Analytics Alternative) 200K+ · 4.9★ (186) wp.org #7 ↑1 4 too low 4 Germanized for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.8★ (496) wp.org #9 ↓2 5 too low 5 Backup Migration 80K+ · 4.9★ (1338) wp.org #13 8 too low 6 Translate WordPress with Weglot 2.0 – Multilingual AI Translation 50K+ · 4.8★ (1940) wp.org #14 ↑1 8 too low 7 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #10 3 too low 8 Stock Market Ticker 2K+ · 3.7★ (15) wp.org #2 ↑1 6 too high 9 Customer Reviews for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.8★ (1539) wp.org #18 ↑1 9 too low 10 Cryptocurrency Widgets – Price Ticker & Coins List 6K+ · 4.8★ (191) wp.org #12 ↓1 2 too low 11 Quiz and Survey Master (QSM) – Quiz Maker & Survey Maker 40K+ · 4.7★ (1282) wp.org #20 ↑1 9 too low 12 Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4962) wp.org #19 ↓2 7 too low 13 Price Based on Country for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.8★ (262) wp.org #11 ↑1 2 too high 14 Stock Market Overview 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #1 ↑1 13 too high 15 Campos Checkout Brasileiro para WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (45) wp.org #8 ↑1 7 too high 16 GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory 10K+ · 4.8★ (716) wp.org #22 6 too low 17 WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ · 2.9★ (583) wp.org #6 ↑8 11 too high 18 Real Cookie Banner: GDPR & ePrivacy Cookie Consent 100K+ · 4.9★ (492) wp.org #23 5 too low 19 Advanced Shipment Tracking for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.5★ (355) wp.org #24 5 too low 20 Cryptocurrency Widgets For Elementor 1K+ · 4.9★ (15) wp.org #16 4 too high 21 Stock Market News 400+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #5 ↑1 16 too high 22 Servix Market Data — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 7 too high 23 theFinancials Market Widgets 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 2 too high 24 Economic & Market News 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↑1 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.