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

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 “print”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 of the top 20. 3 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

Print 🖨 shows at wp.org #13 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 300+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.5★ average from 4 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – SMTP for Reliable Email Delivery with Gmail, Outlook, Amazon SES, Brevo, Other SMTP & More places #10 on merit, 4.8★ from 5209 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 WP-Print 8K+ · 4.4★ (41) wp.org #1 ↑2 2 Print Invoice & Delivery Notes for WooCommerce 30K+ · 4.4★ (140) wp.org #2 ↓1 3 Print My Blog – Print, PDF, & eBook Converter WordPress Plugin 8K+ · 4.8★ (115) wp.org #3 ↑1 4 WooCommerce 7M+ · 4.5★ (4833) wp.org #4 ↓2 5 PDF & Print by BestWebSoft – WordPress Posts and Pages PDF Generator Plugin 9K+ · 3.9★ (102) wp.org #5 6 PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce 300K+ · 5.0★ (1865) wp.org #9 3 too low 7 WebToffee WooCommerce PDF Invoices, Packing Slips, Delivery Notes & Shipping Labels 50K+ · 4.9★ (285) wp.org #7 ↑1 8 Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery 300K+ · 4.3★ (4342) wp.org #11 ↓4 3 too low 9 Print, PDF & Email by PrintFriendly 20K+ · 3.8★ (237) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 WP Mail SMTP by WPForms – SMTP for Reliable Email Delivery with Gmail, Outlook, Amazon SES, Brevo, Other SMTP & More 4M+ · 4.8★ (5209) wp.org #20 ↓3 10 too low 11 Simple Custom CSS and JS 600K+ · 4.4★ (104) wp.org #12 1 too low 12 Barcode Generator: Print Product Labels & Order Barcode Label (A4, Thermal/Roll, Letter) 900+ · 4.5★ (74) wp.org #17 ↑2 5 too low 13 Print Page Block – make any page printable in one click 1K+ · 4.9★ (7) wp.org #8 ↑2 5 too high 14 Print Anywhere & Create PDFs of Order Receipts, Invoices, Labels & More. 1K+ · 4.7★ (18) wp.org #10 ↑1 4 too high 15 morkva UA Shipping – Nova Poshta, Ukrposhta, Rozetka, Nova Global 1K+ · 4.9★ (29) wp.org #21 6 too low 16 Printus – Automatic Cloud Order Printing for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (27) wp.org #19 ↑2 3 too low 17 Printify for WooCommerce 10K+ · 2.8★ (37) wp.org #18 ↑2 1 too low 18 Hoplix Integration for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #22 ↑1 4 too low 19 Qikink Print On Demand and DropShipping 1K+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #15 4 too high 20 VK All in One Expansion Unit 100K+ · 4.0★ (7) wp.org #24 ↓2 4 too low 21 eBook Crafter – Convert Posts to PDF eBooks, Ready to Print 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #23 2 too low 22 Print 🖨 300+ · 3.5★ (4) wp.org #13 9 too high 23 Yoycol: Print on demand 400+ · 3.5★ (4) wp.org #14 9 too high 24 W WP Print Friendly 500+ · 3.5★ (2) wp.org #16 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.