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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “multi location”

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 “multi location”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 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.

Ranked above its merit

VENTI Multi Location Marker for Elementor shows at wp.org #10 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 30+ 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.

Buried gem

Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner places #8 on merit, 4.7★ from 1667 reviews, but shows at wp.org #15. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Location Weather – WordPress Weather Forecast, Air Quality & Weather Widget 10K+ · 4.5★ (103) wp.org #1 2 MultiVendorX – WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace AI Powered Solutions 2K+ · 4.8★ (432) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 CURCY – Multi Currency for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.3★ (227) wp.org #3 ↓1 4 UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin 4M+ · 4.8★ (8709) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too low 5 WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ · 4.8★ (14387) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More 1M+ · 4.9★ (4940) wp.org #11 ↓2 5 too low 7 Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, Appointments and more! 60K+ · 4.2★ (551) wp.org #13 ↓2 6 too low 8 Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #15 ↑8 7 too low 9 Multi-Step Checkout for WooCommerce 8K+ · 4.5★ (49) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 Kikote – Location Picker at Checkout & Google Address AutoFill Plugin for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (65) wp.org #12 2 too low 11 CP Multi View Events Calendar 900+ · 4.3★ (46) wp.org #9 ↑1 2 too high 12 Multi Location Product & Inventory Management for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #4 ↑1 8 too high 13 WP Google Review Slider 30K+ · 4.9★ (373) wp.org #21 8 too low 14 All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) wp.org #24 ↓2 10 too low 15 My Calendar – Accessible Event Manager 20K+ · 4.7★ (159) wp.org #23 ↓7 8 too low 16 User IP and Location 3K+ · 4.2★ (9) wp.org #7 9 too high 17 Shipping Packages for WooCommerce – Dropship from multiple locations like AliExpress, eBay, Amazon, Etsy 900+ · 4.8★ (17) wp.org #16 ↓1 1 too high 18 CF7 Mate – Contact Form 7 Styler, Multi-Step Forms & Conditional Logic 20K+ · 3.9★ (46) wp.org #22 4 too low 19 Popup builder with Gamification, Multi-Step Popups, Page-Level Targeting, and WooCommerce Triggers 70K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #18 ↑1 1 too high 20 Multi Currency For WooCommerce 1K+ · 3.6★ (9) wp.org #19 ↓1 1 too high 21 VENTI Multi Location Marker for Elementor 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 ↑3 11 too high 22 Multi Location Marker 80+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 8 too high 23 ReachShip WooCommerce Multi-Carrier & Conditional Shipping 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 3 too high 24 Multiloca Lite – Multi Location Inventory Management for WooCommerce 70+ · 3.5★ (2) wp.org #17 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.