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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “price data”

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 “price data”, 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Price Table Block shows at wp.org #14 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 800+ 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

Wholesale Suite – B2B, Dynamic Pricing & WooCommerce Wholesale Prices places #11 on merit, 4.8★ from 546 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Price Based on Country for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.8★ (262) wp.org #1 2 TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy 600K+ · 5.0★ (4625) wp.org #6 4 too low 3 WPC Name Your Price for WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.4★ (19) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322) wp.org #7 3 too low 5 Data Tables Generator by Supsystic – Excel-like, WooCommerce & Pricing Tables 10K+ · 4.7★ (497) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 WC Price History 5K+ · 5.0★ (27) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 Call for Price for WooCommerce 8K+ · 3.9★ (27) wp.org #3 4 too high 8 Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27820) wp.org #15 7 too low 9 Cryptocurrency Widgets – Price Ticker & Coins List 6K+ · 4.8★ (191) wp.org #9 10 Stylish Price List – Price Table Builder & QR Code Restaurant Menu 3K+ · 4.7★ (117) wp.org #11 1 too low 11 Wholesale Suite – B2B, Dynamic Pricing & WooCommerce Wholesale Prices 20K+ · 4.8★ (546) wp.org #21 10 too low 12 Custom Price for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #5 7 too high 13 Product Price History for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #13 14 Show only lowest prices in variable products for WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.8★ (28) wp.org #24 10 too low 15 Flexible Quantity & Price Calculator for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.3★ (9) wp.org #10 5 too high 16 Product Open Pricing (Name Your Price) for WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.1★ (19) wp.org #17 1 too low 17 WPC Price by Quantity for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #16 1 too high 18 Change Price Title for WooCommerce 3K+ · 3.8★ (10) wp.org #12 6 too high 19 Hide Price Until Login 1K+ · 3.5★ (24) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 Cryptocurrency Price Widget 200+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #19 1 too high 21 Product Prices by User Roles for WooCommerce 1K+ · 3.4★ (14) wp.org #22 1 too low 22 Hide Price and Add to Cart for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #18 4 too high 23 Price Table Block 800+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 9 too high 24 Price Calculator Block – give customers instant price estimates 200+ · 4.5★ (2) 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.