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

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 pricing”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 6 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

Role Based Pricing for Woo by Meow Crew shows at wp.org #9 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 2K+ 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

Advanced Product Fields (Product Addons) for WooCommerce places #9 on merit, 4.8★ from 284 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 Tiered Pricing Table for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (104) wp.org #1 2 Min Max Step Quantity Limits Manager for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.9★ (51) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 Advanced Dynamic Pricing and Discount Rules for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.7★ (122) wp.org #4 ↓2 1 too low 4 Discount Rules and Dynamic Pricing for WooCommerce 9K+ · 4.7★ (248) wp.org #3 ↑2 1 too high 5 Price by Quantity & Bulk Quantity Discounts for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.8★ (16) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Dynamic Pricing With Discount Rules for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.5★ (68) wp.org #7 ↑1 1 too low 7 Wholesale Suite – B2B, Dynamic Pricing & WooCommerce Wholesale Prices 20K+ · 4.8★ (546) wp.org #13 ↓3 6 too low 8 YayPricing – WooCommerce Dynamic Pricing & Discounts 3K+ · 5.0★ (72) wp.org #14 ↓1 6 too low 9 Advanced Product Fields (Product Addons) for WooCommerce 50K+ · 4.8★ (284) wp.org #22 ↓2 13 too low 10 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #20 ↓1 10 too low 11 Flexible Quantity & Price Calculator for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.3★ (9) wp.org #5 ↓1 6 too high 12 Product Open Pricing (Name Your Price) for WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.1★ (19) wp.org #11 ↑1 1 too high 13 WholesaleX – Wholesale Pricing & B2B Solution 2K+ · 5.0★ (67) wp.org #17 4 too low 14 Event Booking Manager for WooCommerce – Sell Tickets, Event Registration, RSVP & Event Calendar 7K+ · 4.5★ (167) wp.org #21 ↓3 7 too low 15 WPC Price by Quantity for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #8 ↓1 7 too high 16 WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ · 2.9★ (583) wp.org #12 ↑10 4 too high 17 Dynamic Pricing and Discount Rules 1K+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #10 ↑1 7 too high 18 ELEX WooCommerce Role Based Pricing 2K+ · 4.1★ (14) wp.org #15 ↓1 3 too high 19 ELEX WooCommerce Dynamic Pricing and Discounts 700+ · 4.3★ (13) wp.org #19 ↓2 20 WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ · 3.1★ (237) wp.org #18 ↓2 2 too high 21 Role Based Pricing for Woo by Meow Crew 2K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #9 12 too high 22 Discount Rules for WooCommerce – Disco | Dynamic Pricing, Conditions, Bulk, Bundle, BOGO 5K+ · 4.2★ (9) wp.org #23 ↓2 1 too low 23 Dynamic Pricing and Discount Rules for WooCommerce 600+ · 4.0★ (13) wp.org #24 ↓1 1 too low 24 Premmerce Wholesale Pricing for WooCommerce 400+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #16 ↓1 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.