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

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 “prices”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 8 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 #13 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 10 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

Product Feed PRO for WooCommerce by AdTribes – Product Feeds for WooCommerce places #7 on merit, 4.7★ from 1071 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Wholesale Suite – B2B, Dynamic Pricing & WooCommerce Wholesale Prices 20K+ · 4.8★ (546) wp.org #1 2 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy 600K+ · 5.0★ (4625) wp.org #4 ↑1 1 too low 4 Price Based on Country for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.8★ (262) wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too high 5 B2BKing — Ultimate WooCommerce B2B and Wholesale Plugin — Wholesale Prices, Bulk Order Form & More 10K+ · 4.9★ (109) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Show only lowest prices in variable products for WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.8★ (28) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too high 7 Product Feed PRO for WooCommerce by AdTribes – Product Feeds for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.7★ (1071) wp.org #20 13 too low 8 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #17 ↓5 9 too low 9 WC Price History 5K+ · 5.0★ (27) wp.org #8 ↑1 1 too high 10 Whols – Wholesale Prices and B2B Store Solution for WooCommerce 3K+ · 5.0★ (14) wp.org #9 ↓1 1 too high 11 Cryptocurrency Widgets – Price Ticker & Coins List 6K+ · 4.8★ (191) wp.org #22 ↓3 11 too low 12 Installment Prices for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.9★ (11) wp.org #10 2 too high 13 ELEX WooCommerce Bulk Edit Products, Prices & Attributes (Basic) 4K+ · 3.7★ (25) wp.org #7 6 too high 14 Variation Price Display Range for WooCommerce 9K+ · 5.0★ (43) wp.org #21 ↓7 7 too low 15 Omnibus — show the lowest price 10K+ · 4.1★ (51) wp.org #19 4 too low 16 BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #18 ↓1 2 too low 17 Call for Price for WooCommerce 8K+ · 3.9★ (27) wp.org #11 ↓1 6 too high 18 WPC Name Your Price for WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.4★ (19) wp.org #12 ↓1 6 too high 19 Calculate Prices based on Distance For WooCommerce 300+ · 4.8★ (20) wp.org #15 4 too high 20 Flexible Quantity & Price Calculator for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.3★ (9) wp.org #14 ↑2 6 too high 21 Product Open Pricing (Name Your Price) for WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.1★ (19) wp.org #23 2 too low 22 Content Egg – Affiliate Product Importer & Price Comparison 10K+ · 3.9★ (56) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 Custom Price for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #13 ↑9 10 too high 24 Product Prices by User Roles for WooCommerce 1K+ · 3.4★ (14) wp.org #16 ↓3 8 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.