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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “quick bar”

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 “quick bar”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 of the top 20. 4 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

Addonify – Quick View For WooCommerce shows at wp.org #3 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 2K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Customer Reviews for WooCommerce places #10 on merit, 4.8★ from 1539 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 Admin Bar Editor – Toolbar Customization with User Role based access & Custom menus 3K+ · 4.4★ (24) wp.org #1 2 My Sticky Bar – Floating Notification Bar & Sticky Header (formerly myStickymenu) 100K+ · 4.9★ (1199) wp.org #5 3 too low 3 EU Cookies Bar for WordPress 9K+ · 4.8★ (26) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Speed Contact Bar 4K+ · 4.6★ (56) wp.org #4 ↓1 5 Notibar – Notification Bar for WordPress 8K+ · 4.8★ (71) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #10 ↓1 4 too low 7 Menu Cart for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.6★ (99) wp.org #7 8 Quads Ads Manager for Google AdSense 20K+ · 4.9★ (1087) wp.org #9 ↑1 1 too low 9 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #14 5 too low 10 Customer Reviews for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.8★ (1539) wp.org #22 ↓1 12 too low 11 Announcer – Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar 10K+ · 4.8★ (40) wp.org #12 ↑1 1 too low 12 Read Meter – Reading Time & Progress Bar 10K+ · 4.5★ (19) wp.org #8 4 too high 13 NotificationX – FOMO, Live Sales Notification, WooCommerce Sales Popup, GDPR, Social Proof, Announcement Banner & Floating Notification Bar 30K+ · 4.8★ (228) wp.org #21 ↑1 8 too low 14 Better Admin Bar 3K+ · 4.8★ (19) wp.org #11 3 too high 15 BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #13 ↓1 2 too high 16 Icegram Engage – Popups, Welcome Bars, Optins, Slide-Ins & Lead Generation for WordPress 10K+ · 4.7★ (370) wp.org #23 7 too low 17 Search & Replace Everything – Quick and Easy Way to Find and Replace Text, Links 20K+ · 4.7★ (26) wp.org #18 ↑1 1 too low 18 Addonify – Quick View For WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #3 ↑1 15 too high 19 Masteriyo LMS – LMS Course Builder, Quizzes & Certificates 6K+ · 4.8★ (184) wp.org #20 ↑3 1 too low 20 StoreGrowth – Upsell, BOGO, Quick View, Direct Checkout & Side Cart for WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #17 ↑1 3 too high 21 Skill Bars 300+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #19 ↑1 2 too high 22 Quick View For Woocommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #15 7 too high 23 QuickSwish – WooCommerce Product Quick View 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Barmaton Quick Admin Logout 70+ · 5.0★ (1) 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.