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

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 “milk”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 3 of the top 19. 1 plugin is 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

Nutrition Info for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #6 but places #10 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its 10+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Subscriptions for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.5★ (180) wp.org #1 2 PPOM – Product Addons & Custom Fields for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.5★ (283) wp.org #2 3 FooSales – Point of Sale (POS) for WooCommerce 600+ · 3.2★ (13) wp.org #3 4 Wootomation – Machine Learning AI 20+ · 4.9★ (7) wp.org #12 ↓3 8 too low 5 BoxBuilder for WooCommerce 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 6 Smart Units for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 Fatima Attribute Pricing Builder for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↓1 8 ARDOIZA PRO : réservation de table pour restaurant — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↓1 9 DineKit – Restaurant Menu, Online Ordering, Table Reservations & POS 70+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 ↓3 4 too low 10 Nutrition Info for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 ↓2 4 too high 11 Asorto – AI Product Search for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 WPC Recurring Orders for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓2 2 too high 13 Botelix – Deposit Return Scheme (Pfand, SGR, Kaucja, Zaloh) — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 E Easy Additional Tags — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓3 15 MJC Designs AI Design Assistant for Bricks Builder — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 16 Lactose Free — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓4 17 SP Comments Shortcodes Kit — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓4 18 M Minecraft Item Library 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 ↓4 19 A Ad Integration 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓4

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.