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

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 “movers”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 1 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 Prime Mover – Backup and Migration 10K+ · 5.0★ (141) wp.org #1 2 Layouts for Elementor 1K+ · 4.7★ (14) wp.org #2 3 Vunelix Financial Widgets – Cryptocurrency, Stock Ticker & Forex 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #3 ↑1 4 Property Hive Mortgage Calculator 800+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 ↓1 5 Haulest Moving Cost — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 6 Stedica SEO 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 Which AI Sent — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Respira ARC: AI Product Feeds for WooCommerce (ChatGPT, Google Shopping, llms.txt) 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 9 PromoForge Sales Intelligence for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 10 Adanos Market Sentiment Widgets — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 11 MoveMate Moving Calculator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 12 ShopCentral – Multistore WooCommerce Manager, Real-Time Stock Sync, Order Sync & Store Analytics — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #18 ↓1 6 too low 13 Palette Data Analyzer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 Multi-Carrier Shipmondo Shipping for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 Fruttata – Service Quote Calculator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 NIT Sales Analytics for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 1 too high 17 Dragon Speed Doctor – Find What Slows Your Site Down — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 1 too high 18 Spindle Market Research Hub — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↑1 1 too high 19 Ovesio – Ecommerce Intelligence for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 20 Canadian Data Solutions GEO Ranking Tracker — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 21 MonoRanks – AI SEO Audit, AEO and GEO with One-Click Fixes — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 22 Plugixa Inventory – Stock Management, Warehouses, Stock Ledger and WooCommerce Integration — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 TriggerVox – AI Chatbot Plugin for WordPress – Live Chat, Voice Assistant, AI Assistant, Text Chat — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 RecordToko — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 2 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.