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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “quoting”

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 “quoting”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 of the top 20. 3 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

Correo Argentino for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #5 but places #15 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 2.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Stylish Cost Calculator – Quote Generator, Lead Gen & Price Estimator places #7 on merit, 4.8★ from 175 reviews, but shows at wp.org #14. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Quotes for WooCommerce 4K+ · 4.6★ (61) wp.org #1 2 Seraphinite Accelerator 50K+ · 4.8★ (476) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Sliced Invoices – WordPress Invoice Plugin 4K+ · 4.6★ (117) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 GEO Plugin by Squirrly SEO 30K+ · 4.6★ (683) wp.org #6 ↓2 2 too low 5 E-cab Taxi Booking Manager for Woocommerce 2K+ · 4.9★ (28) wp.org #7 ↓1 2 too low 6 Disable Right Click RB – Content Copy Protection, Prevent Copy & No Right Click 600+ · 4.2★ (14) wp.org #4 ↑3 2 too high 7 Stylish Cost Calculator – Quote Generator, Lead Gen & Price Estimator 1K+ · 4.8★ (175) wp.org #14 7 too low 8 Calculation for contact form 7 1K+ · 4.5★ (22) wp.org #11 ↓1 3 too low 9 Employee Directory – Staff & Team Directory 100+ · 4.1★ (16) wp.org #12 ↓1 3 too low 10 Sitelinks Search Box 2K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #10 ↓1 11 Simple:Press Forum 300+ · 4.2★ (24) wp.org #24 13 too low 12 PDF Catalog for WooCommerce + Drag And Drop Template Builder 50+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #13 ↑2 1 too low 13 FriendStore for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #16 ↑2 3 too low 14 Awesome Guten Text – 8 Powerful Blocks for Gutenberg 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #19 ↑1 5 too low 15 Correo Argentino for WooCommerce 1K+ · 2.0★ (3) wp.org #5 10 too high 16 OmniGEO Ai SEO 70+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 8 too high 17 WPC Request a Quote for WooCommerce 70+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 ↓1 8 too high 18 LTL Freight Quotes – ODFL Edition 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #21 ↓9 3 too low 19 LTL Freight Quotes – SAIA Edition 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↑6 2 too high 20 ConvertCalculator: Build Cost, Price, Quotation, ROI Interactive Calculators 700+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 ↑1 2 too high 21 W Webshipper – Automated Shipping 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↑1 1 too high 22 Enquiry Cart For WooCommerce – Request a Quote 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↑2 7 too high 23 Smart Forms & Calculators By Embed Sheets 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 ↑1 24 LTL Freight Quotes – TForce Edition 10+ · 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.