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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “remove product”

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 “remove product”, 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

ThemeHunk Product Compare for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #12 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 3K+ 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

eCommerce Product Catalog places #11 on merit, 4.7★ from 270 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Product Feed PRO for WooCommerce by AdTribes – Product Feeds for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.7★ (1071) wp.org #1 2 Product Feed Manager for WooCommerce – CTX Feed – Support 220+ Shopping, AI & Social Channels 90K+ · 4.6★ (838) wp.org #2 3 Remove Category URL – Remove ‘category’ base from category permalinks 40K+ · 4.3★ (61) wp.org #3 4 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ · 4.8★ (7519) wp.org #10 6 too low 5 Bulk remove posts from category 10K+ · 4.6★ (100) wp.org #6 ↑1 1 too low 6 NS Remove Related Products for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.6★ (64) wp.org #4 ↑1 2 too high 7 Product Table & List Builder for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.9★ (254) wp.org #11 ↑3 4 too low 8 Flexible Product Fields (WooCommerce Product Addons) – WooCommerce Product Page Editor 10K+ · 4.5★ (106) wp.org #8 ↑1 9 Product Table for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.8★ (295) wp.org #9 ↑3 10 Site Kit by Google – Analytics, Search Console, AdSense, Speed 5M+ · 4.2★ (1012) wp.org #13 ↑6 3 too low 11 eCommerce Product Catalog 7K+ · 4.7★ (270) wp.org #19 ↓15 8 too low 12 Comment Link Remove and Other Comment Tools 8K+ · 4.1★ (15) wp.org #5 ↑1 7 too high 13 Product Customer List for WooCommerce 9K+ · 4.9★ (75) wp.org #21 ↑3 8 too low 14 Remove SKU From Single Product page 1K+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #7 ↑1 7 too high 15 WowStore – Store Builder & Product Blocks for WooCommerce 4K+ · 4.6★ (113) wp.org #17 2 too low 16 MKL Product Configurator for WooCommerce – 2D & 3D Live Preview 2K+ · 4.8★ (42) wp.org #14 ↑1 2 too high 17 Ultimate Product Catalog 4K+ · 4.5★ (233) wp.org #22 ↑1 5 too low 18 Extra Product Sorting Options for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.6★ (31) wp.org #24 ↓4 6 too low 19 Premmerce Permalink Manager for WooCommerce 40K+ · 3.9★ (53) wp.org #20 ↑1 1 too low 20 Delete product images for WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #18 2 too high 21 Product Input Fields for WooCommerce 4K+ · 4.0★ (17) wp.org #16 ↑1 5 too high 22 Product Option Kit – Product Options & Addons for WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #15 7 too high 23 ThemeHunk Product Compare for WooCommerce 3K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 ↑1 11 too high 24 WCBoost – Products Compare 30K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 ↓1 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.