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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “order export”

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 “order export”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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 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

Order Export for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #6 but places #13 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 2K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.8★ average from 14 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Import and export users and customers places #7 on merit, 4.7★ from 259 reviews, but shows at wp.org #11. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Advanced Order Export For WooCommerce 100K+ · 5.0★ (350) wp.org #1 2 BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #2 3 Order Export & Order Import for WooCommerce 50K+ · 4.7★ (337) wp.org #3 ↓1 4 WP All Export – Drag & Drop Export to Any Custom CSV, XML & Excel 100K+ · 4.5★ (415) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too low 5 Sequential Order Number for WooCommerce 50K+ · 4.9★ (146) wp.org #8 ↓2 3 too low 6 Export and Import Users and Customers 50K+ · 4.8★ (442) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 Import and export users and customers 70K+ · 4.7★ (259) wp.org #11 ↓2 4 too low 8 Ninjalytics: Sales Reports & Order Export for WooCommerce and EDD 6K+ · 4.4★ (57) wp.org #10 ↓2 2 too low 9 Comments Import & Export 2K+ · 4.9★ (68) wp.org #13 ↓2 4 too low 10 WP All Export – Order Export for WooCommerce 3K+ · 3.9★ (8) wp.org #4 ↓1 6 too high 11 Export Products, Orders & Customers for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.6★ (14) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 WP All Export – Product Export Add-On for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.5★ (24) wp.org #12 ↓2 13 Order Export for WooCommerce 2K+ · 3.8★ (14) wp.org #6 ↓1 7 too high 14 Order Tracking – WordPress Status Tracking Plugin 3K+ · 4.6★ (73) wp.org #24 ↓4 10 too low 15 Store Exporter – Export WooCommerce Products, Orders, Subscriptions, Customers 6K+ · 4.1★ (166) wp.org #18 ↓4 3 too low 16 Order Tip for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.3★ (16) wp.org #16 ↓3 17 Export Order Items for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.7★ (9) wp.org #14 ↓2 3 too high 18 Import Export Menu 3K+ · 4.4★ (10) wp.org #15 3 too high 19 GSheetConnector – WooCommerce Google Sheets Connector, Export Orders & Products to Google Sheets in Real-Time 3K+ · 5.0★ (16) wp.org #21 ↓5 2 too low 20 Post Export Import with Media 1K+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #20 ↓3 21 Export Customers Data 500+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #17 4 too high 22 WP All Export – User Export Add-On 6K+ · 3.6★ (7) wp.org #19 3 too high 23 EU Order Withdrawal Button for WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.6★ (7) wp.org #23 ↓5 24 Order Export to Lexware for WooCommerce – OpenTRANS 60+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #22 ↓3 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.