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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “quote label”

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 “quote label”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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

Enquiry Cart For WooCommerce – Request a Quote shows at wp.org #6 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 100+ 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

Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk places #11 on merit, 4.8★ from 3221 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 YITH Request a Quote for WooCommerce 10K+ · 3.3★ (66) wp.org #1 2 WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ · 4.8★ (14387) wp.org #4 ↑1 2 too low 3 Product Enquiry for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.5★ (29) wp.org #3 4 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2144) wp.org #10 ↓1 6 too low 5 Quotes and Tips by BestWebSoft 1K+ · 4.5★ (11) wp.org #2 3 too high 6 Ninja Forms – Contact Form Builder with Calculators, Quizzes, Signatures & AI Form Builder 500K+ · 4.4★ (1397) wp.org #9 ↑4 3 too low 7 SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO 300K+ · 4.8★ (1268) wp.org #11 ↑4 4 too low 8 Branda – White Label & Branding, Free Login Page Customizer 10K+ · 4.5★ (30) wp.org #5 ↓1 3 too high 9 Unlimited Elements for Elementor 300K+ · 4.8★ (525) wp.org #12 ↑12 3 too low 10 SureForms – Contact Form Builder, AI Forms, Payment Form, Survey & Quiz 500K+ · 4.8★ (102) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ · 4.8★ (3221) wp.org #24 13 too low 12 Jetpack CRM – Clients, Leads, Invoices, Billing, Email Marketing, & Automation 30K+ · 4.3★ (152) wp.org #13 ↓2 1 too low 13 Tiered Pricing Table for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (104) wp.org #15 ↓3 2 too low 14 WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging 900K+ · 4.9★ (1568) wp.org #22 ↓3 8 too low 15 Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ · 4.8★ (612) wp.org #21 ↑1 6 too low 16 Sliced Invoices – WordPress Invoice Plugin 4K+ · 4.6★ (117) wp.org #20 4 too low 17 Product Enquiry for WooCommerce (Now with AI Assistant) 10K+ · 4.1★ (68) wp.org #19 ↑4 2 too low 18 mPDF add-on for RTL and Unicode Support 4K+ · 5.0★ (16) wp.org #14 4 too high 19 Easy Invoice – Invoice Generator, PDF Quotes & Payments 600+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #7 12 too high 20 YITH WooCommerce Catalog Mode 60K+ · 3.7★ (45) wp.org #17 ↑1 3 too high 21 Automated FedEx live/manual rates with shipping labels – HPOS supported 200+ · 4.9★ (12) wp.org #18 ↑3 3 too high 22 Enquiry Cart For WooCommerce – Request a Quote 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 16 too high 23 Rixden Quote Builder 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #16 ↑1 7 too high 24 LTL Freight Quotes – Worldwide Express Edition 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #23 1 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.