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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “opening hours”

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 “opening hours”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 5 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

ITBoffins Live Opening Hours Banner & Table shows at wp.org #2 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 100+ 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

HivePress – Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads Plugin places #9 on merit, 4.9★ from 221 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 We’re Open! 5K+ · 5.0★ (45) wp.org #1 2 Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27819) wp.org #4 ↑1 2 too low 3 WP Store Locator 40K+ · 4.8★ (312) wp.org #7 ↑1 4 too low 4 All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5218) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2045) wp.org #8 ↑2 3 too low 6 Business Hours Indicator 8K+ · 4.9★ (60) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too high 7 SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO 300K+ · 4.8★ (1263) wp.org #15 ↓8 8 too low 8 Click to Chat – HoliThemes 600K+ · 4.8★ (131) wp.org #10 ↑3 2 too low 9 HivePress – Business Directory, Listings & Classified Ads Plugin 10K+ · 4.9★ (221) wp.org #18 ↑1 9 too low 10 Store Vacation Lite for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.6★ (188) wp.org #11 1 too low 11 Agile Store Locator 10K+ · 4.9★ (58) wp.org #13 ↓1 2 too low 12 Reviews and Rating – Google Reviews 20K+ · 4.9★ (184) wp.org #16 ↑2 4 too low 13 Open Close Store for WooCommerce – Business Hours & Order Scheduling 600+ · 3.4★ (41) wp.org #9 4 too high 14 Five Star Business Profile and Schema 7K+ · 4.8★ (52) wp.org #12 ↑2 2 too high 15 Store Opening Closing Hours Manager 300+ · 4.0★ (5) wp.org #3 12 too high 16 SmartyParcel – Shipping Automation & Order Tracking for GLS, InPost, Nova Post and more 7K+ · 4.6★ (56) wp.org #22 6 too low 17 Divi Torque Lite 50K+ · 4.7★ (116) wp.org #21 4 too low 18 ITBoffins Live Opening Hours Banner & Table 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 16 too high 19 Local Business Schema (JSON-LD) Lite 3K+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #20 ↓3 1 too low 20 Web Directory Free – AI powered 300+ · 4.1★ (20) wp.org #23 ↑1 3 too low 21 Store Hours for WooCommerce 2K+ · 2.8★ (30) wp.org #14 ↑1 7 too high 22 SiteSEO – SEO Simplified 500K+ · 4.0★ (9) wp.org #17 ↓1 5 too high 23 Chronos – Opening Hours & Scheduling 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 4 too high 24 Footer Widget Bundle 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24 ↓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.