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

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

Local Pickup for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #4 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Simply Schedule Appointments places #5 on merit, 5.0★ from 155 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 WooCommerce 7M+ · 4.5★ (4833) wp.org #1 2 Cash On Pickup for WooCommerce 7K+ · 5.0★ (19) wp.org #2 3 Advanced Local Pickup for WooCommerce – Click & Collect, In-Store Pickup 3K+ · 4.7★ (55) wp.org #3 4 Delivery & Pickup Date Time for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (282) wp.org #5 ↑1 1 too low 5 Simply Schedule Appointments 50K+ · 5.0★ (155) wp.org #15 ↑8 10 too low 6 PI Delivery & Pickup Date Time for WooCommerce 400+ · 4.8★ (90) wp.org #8 ↑1 2 too low 7 Chwazi – Delivery & Pickup Scheduling for WooCommerce 500+ · 5.0★ (30) wp.org #6 ↓1 1 too high 8 Advanced Shipment Tracking for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.5★ (355) wp.org #11 ↑1 3 too low 9 WC Pickup Store 2K+ · 4.7★ (25) wp.org #9 ↓1 10 Delivery Date Time & Pickup for WooCommerce 400+ · 4.2★ (113) wp.org #10 ↑1 11 WPCafe – Restaurant Menu, Online Food Ordering & Table Booking System 5K+ · 4.6★ (113) wp.org #19 ↑1 8 too low 12 MultiParcels Shipping For WooCommerce 4K+ · 4.6★ (62) wp.org #16 ↑1 4 too low 13 WC Hide Shipping Methods 20K+ · 4.2★ (44) wp.org #14 ↑2 1 too low 14 SmartyParcel – DHL Express, GLS, InPost & Nova Post for WooCommerce 7K+ · 4.6★ (56) wp.org #18 ↑1 4 too low 15 Conditional Payments for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.6★ (28) wp.org #21 ↑1 6 too low 16 WCMultiShipping — Mondial Relay, Inpost & Chronopost for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (33) wp.org #23 7 too low 17 Local Pickup for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 13 too high 18 Order Delivery Date And Time 1K+ · 4.6★ (19) wp.org #20 ↑1 2 too low 19 Portugal DPD Pickup and Lockers network for WooCommerce 200+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #7 12 too high 20 Packeta 8K+ · 4.0★ (9) wp.org #17 ↑1 3 too high 21 OPSI Israel Domestic Shipments 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 ↑2 8 too high 22 Order Delivery Date Time & Pickup for WooCommerce 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 ↑2 10 too high 23 GLS Shipping for WooCommerce 2K+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Delivery & Pickup Date Time Scheduler for WooCommerce 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 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.