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

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 plugin”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 of the top 20. 7 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

Custom Price for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #5 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 3K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.2★ average from 5 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder places #9 on merit, 4.8★ from 2144 reviews, but shows at wp.org #22. 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 Business Directory Plugin – Easy Listing & Member Directories for WordPress 10K+ · 4.6★ (504) wp.org #2 3 Variation Price Display Range for WooCommerce 9K+ · 5.0★ (43) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) wp.org #7 ↑1 3 too low 5 Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal 40K+ · 4.8★ (397) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 Cryptocurrency Widgets – Price Ticker & Coins List 6K+ · 4.8★ (191) wp.org #11 ↓1 5 too low 7 SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO 300K+ · 4.8★ (1267) wp.org #16 ↑1 9 too low 8 WPC Name Your Price for WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.4★ (19) wp.org #3 5 too high 9 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2144) wp.org #22 13 too low 10 GTM4WP – A Google Tag Manager (GTM) plugin for WordPress 700K+ · 4.5★ (155) wp.org #12 ↓1 2 too low 11 Payment Plugins for PayPal WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.8★ (127) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 Stylish Price List – Price Table Builder & QR Code Restaurant Menu 3K+ · 4.7★ (117) wp.org #15 ↓3 3 too low 13 WC Price History 5K+ · 5.0★ (27) wp.org #8 ↓1 5 too high 14 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322) wp.org #20 6 too low 15 Call for Price for WooCommerce 8K+ · 3.9★ (27) wp.org #6 ↓1 9 too high 16 Wholesale Suite – B2B, Dynamic Pricing & WooCommerce Wholesale Prices 20K+ · 4.8★ (546) wp.org #24 ↓10 8 too low 17 Custom Price for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #5 ↑1 12 too high 18 WP Plugin Manager – Deactivate plugins per page 3K+ · 4.4★ (23) wp.org #13 ↑2 5 too high 19 Flexible Quantity & Price Calculator for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.3★ (9) wp.org #14 ↓1 5 too high 20 Bulk Price Update for Woocommerce 2K+ · 4.0★ (16) wp.org #21 ↓2 1 too low 21 Product Price History for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #18 ↓2 3 too high 22 Change Price Title for WooCommerce 3K+ · 3.8★ (10) wp.org #17 5 too high 23 Cost Calculator for Contact Form 7 – Price Calculator Free 5K+ · 3.8★ (15) wp.org #23 ↓1 24 Price Table Block 800+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #19 ↓1 5 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.