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

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 “negotiation”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 16 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

KP Agent Ready shows at wp.org #7 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 70+ 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

WPVR – 360 Panorama viewer and Virtual Tour Builder for WordPress places #4 on merit, 4.7★ from 133 reviews, but shows at wp.org #14. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WPC Name Your Price for WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.4★ (19) wp.org #1 2 EAN Barcode Generator for WooCommerce: UPC, ISBN & GTIN Inventory 10K+ · 4.9★ (56) wp.org #9 ↓1 7 too low 3 Download Plugins and Themes in ZIP from Dashboard 30K+ · 4.9★ (27) wp.org #8 ↓1 5 too low 4 WPVR – 360 Panorama viewer and Virtual Tour Builder for WordPress 10K+ · 4.7★ (133) wp.org #14 ↓2 10 too low 5 LLM Markdown – Markdown Endpoints for AI Agents 700+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #5 ↓1 6 VigIA – AI Visibility, Analytics & Control 2K+ · 5.0★ (19) wp.org #12 ↑2 6 too low 7 Coupons & Add to Cart by URL Links for WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #11 4 too low 8 Price by Quantity & Bulk Quantity Discounts for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.8★ (16) wp.org #15 7 too low 9 M Markdown for AI Agents 500+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 ↑8 7 too high 10 Domain For Sale – Landing Page Per Domain, Domain Mapping, Offers & Listings 200+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #13 3 too low 11 MOAW Price Negotiation for WooCommerce 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 ↓1 8 too high 12 Markdown for Agents and Statistics 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 ↓1 8 too high 13 MSRP (RRP) Pricing for WooCommerce 200+ · 4.3★ (9) wp.org #16 3 too low 14 RankReady – AI SEO, Schema, llms.txt, AEO and GEO for ChatGPT, Gemini and Perplexity 500+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #19 ↓2 5 too low 15 B2B Request a Quote 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #10 ↓1 5 too high 16 Mescio for Agents 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 ↓1 10 too high 17 AJ Agent Crawl Optimizer – AI Readiness Scanner & llms.txt for WordPress 30+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #20 3 too low 18 KP Agent Ready 70+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 ↓1 11 too high 19 AISignal Markdown Converter 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #17 ↑1 2 too high 20 OfferDragon – Price Negotiation for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↑1 2 too high 21 SM Agent Kit 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↑2 22 Rawi MD — Markdown for AI Crawlers 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓2 23 Cache control by Cacholong 500+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Scanfully 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 1 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.