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

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 “orders”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 9 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

Block Specific Spam Woo Orders shows at wp.org #13 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 10 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Advanced Order Export For WooCommerce places #6 on merit, 5.0★ from 350 reviews, but shows at wp.org #12. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Post Types Order 600K+ · 4.5★ (296) wp.org #1 2 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2143) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Autocomplete WooCommerce Orders 30K+ · 4.6★ (137) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Simple Custom Post Order 300K+ · 4.8★ (587) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too low 5 Category Order and Taxonomy Terms Order 500K+ · 4.5★ (162) wp.org #4 ↑1 1 too high 6 Advanced Order Export For WooCommerce 100K+ · 5.0★ (350) wp.org #12 ↑1 6 too low 7 Phone Orders for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (32) wp.org #7 ↑1 8 Pre-Orders for WooCommerce 7K+ · 4.5★ (66) wp.org #6 ↑1 2 too high 9 Sequential Order Number for WooCommerce 50K+ · 4.9★ (146) wp.org #15 ↓3 6 too low 10 Order Export & Order Import for WooCommerce 50K+ · 4.7★ (337) wp.org #11 1 too low 11 Trakoo – Orders Tracking for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.5★ (58) wp.org #8 ↑1 3 too high 12 BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #10 2 too high 13 Custom Taxonomy Order 50K+ · 4.8★ (96) wp.org #18 ↓2 5 too low 14 Filter Orders by Product for WooCommerce 4K+ · 4.7★ (15) wp.org #9 ↑1 5 too high 15 PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce 300K+ · 5.0★ (1865) wp.org #22 7 too low 16 Custom Order Status Manager for WooCommerce 30K+ · 4.7★ (117) wp.org #21 ↓1 5 too low 17 Store Exporter – Export WooCommerce Products, Orders, Subscriptions, Customers 6K+ · 4.1★ (166) wp.org #24 ↓1 7 too low 18 Smart Online Order for Clover 1K+ · 4.9★ (34) wp.org #20 ↑1 2 too low 19 Custom Order Numbers for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.2★ (25) wp.org #14 ↓8 5 too high 20 Block Specific Spam Woo Orders 1K+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #13 ↑1 7 too high 21 PRENA – Product Pre-Orders for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.7★ (12) wp.org #16 ↓1 5 too high 22 Clone / Duplicate Orders for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #19 ↓1 3 too high 23 WC Search Orders By Product 800+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #17 6 too high 24 Export Orders for WooCommerce – AI & MCP for Claude and ChatGPT 500+ · 3.7★ (6) 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.