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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “printer button”

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 “printer button”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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

Invofast Invoice Printer for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #2 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 14 places. Its 50+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Print My Blog – Print, PDF, & eBook Converter WordPress Plugin places #8 on merit, 4.8★ from 115 reviews, but shows at wp.org #13. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce 300K+ · 5.0★ (1865) wp.org #1 2 Hubbub Lite – Fast, free social sharing and follow buttons 30K+ · 4.7★ (173) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 Shariff Wrapper 30K+ · 4.9★ (101) wp.org #6 3 too low 4 WP-Print 8K+ · 4.4★ (41) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Barcode Generator: Print Product Labels & Order Barcode Label (A4, Thermal/Roll, Letter) 900+ · 4.5★ (74) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 3DPrint Lite 600+ · 4.8★ (37) wp.org #8 2 too low 7 Contact Form Email 8K+ · 4.3★ (102) wp.org #11 ↑6 4 too low 8 Print My Blog – Print, PDF, & eBook Converter WordPress Plugin 8K+ · 4.8★ (115) wp.org #13 ↓1 5 too low 9 Print Anywhere & Create PDFs of Order Receipts, Invoices, Labels & More. 1K+ · 4.7★ (18) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 WCPOS – Point of Sale (POS) plugin for WooCommerce 5K+ · 3.7★ (84) wp.org #10 11 PDF & Print by BestWebSoft – WordPress Posts and Pages PDF Generator Plugin 9K+ · 3.9★ (102) wp.org #12 ↓1 1 too low 12 Orderable – Restaurant & Food Ordering System 5K+ · 4.6★ (40) wp.org #14 ↓1 2 too low 13 WPCafe – Restaurant Menu, Online Food Ordering & Table Booking System 5K+ · 4.6★ (113) wp.org #20 7 too low 14 RestroPress – Online Food Ordering System 1K+ · 4.4★ (102) wp.org #19 5 too low 15 Oliver POS – WooCommerce POS for iPhone, iPad & Android 700+ · 4.2★ (90) wp.org #21 6 too low 16 Invofast Invoice Printer for WooCommerce 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 14 too high 17 Print 🖨 300+ · 3.5★ (4) wp.org #3 14 too high 18 Jovvie Point of Sale POS for WooCommerce 100+ · 4.5★ (22) wp.org #24 ↓1 6 too low 19 PrinterCo Automatic Order Printing for WooCommerce 300+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #16 ↓1 3 too high 20 Simple Shipping Labels for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #23 ↓1 3 too low 21 Freight Integration for Woocommerce to Profrakt and Logistra by WildRobot 200+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #18 3 too high 22 FooSales – Point of Sale (POS) for WooCommerce 600+ · 3.2★ (13) wp.org #17 ↓1 5 too high 23 فاکتورک (Faktorak) 500+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #15 ↓1 8 too high 24 ReceiptKit for WooCommerce — · 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.