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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “quantity field”

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 “quantity field”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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.

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Ranked above its merit

Add Quantity Field on Shop Page for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #11 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 700+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ 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 #7 on merit, 4.8★ from 2144 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Checkout Field Editor (Checkout Manager) for WooCommerce 400K+ · 4.9★ (1056) wp.org #1 2 Min and Max Quantity for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.8★ (218) wp.org #2 3 Min Max Step Quantity Limits Manager for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.9★ (51) wp.org #3 4 Advanced Product Fields (Product Addons) for WooCommerce 50K+ · 4.8★ (284) wp.org #8 4 too low 5 Quantity Plus Minus Button for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.4★ (30) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 Flexible Checkout Fields for WooCommerce – WooCommerce Checkout Manager 80K+ · 4.7★ (296) wp.org #12 ↓1 6 too low 7 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2144) wp.org #16 ↑2 9 too low 8 Change Quantity on Checkout for WooCommerce 4K+ · 5.0★ (52) wp.org #9 1 too low 9 Maximum, Minimum and Multiple Quantity for WooCommerce Shops 3K+ · 4.4★ (36) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 SMNTCS Quantity Increment Buttons for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.5★ (20) wp.org #5 5 too high 11 PPOM – Product Addons & Custom Fields for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.5★ (283) wp.org #13 ↑4 2 too low 12 Product Addons for Woocommerce – Product Options with Custom Fields 30K+ · 4.9★ (474) wp.org #17 ↓2 5 too low 13 Min Max Quantities – Set Minimum/Maximum Quantity & Price Limits with Step Control for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.8★ (60) wp.org #14 ↓1 1 too low 14 Extra Product Options For WooCommerce | Custom Product Addons and Fields 30K+ · 4.9★ (219) wp.org #21 ↑1 7 too low 15 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (808) wp.org #22 ↓2 7 too low 16 WC Fields Factory 7K+ · 4.3★ (168) wp.org #23 7 too low 17 Flexible Quantity & Price Calculator for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.3★ (9) wp.org #7 10 too high 18 Minimum and Maximum Quantity for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.0★ (16) wp.org #10 8 too high 19 WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ · 2.9★ (584) wp.org #19 ↓3 20 Price by Quantity & Bulk Quantity Discounts for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.8★ (16) wp.org #18 ↑1 2 too high 21 Decimal Product Quantity for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.5★ (11) wp.org #15 ↓1 6 too high 22 A Add Quantity Field on Shop Page for WooCommerce 700+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #11 ↑1 11 too high 23 Product Input Fields for WooCommerce 4K+ · 4.0★ (17) wp.org #20 ↑1 3 too high 24 Repeater Fields for Gravity Forms 1K+ · 3.4★ (5) wp.org #24

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.