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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “repeat order”

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 “repeat order”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 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

Order Tags or Order Label for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #9 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 200+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Checkout Field Editor (Checkout Manager) for WooCommerce places #9 on merit, 4.9★ from 1056 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Advanced Order Export For WooCommerce 100K+ · 5.0★ (350) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2144) wp.org #6 ↓1 4 too low 3 PiWeb Cancel order / Refund request for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.8★ (39) wp.org #3 4 BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #4 5 Repeat Order for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #1 4 too high 6 Post Views Counter 100K+ · 4.9★ (1238) wp.org #10 ↑5 4 too low 7 Customer Reviews for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.8★ (1539) wp.org #13 ↓1 6 too low 8 WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ · 2.9★ (583) wp.org #5 ↑3 3 too high 9 Checkout Field Editor (Checkout Manager) for WooCommerce 400K+ · 4.9★ (1056) wp.org #16 ↓2 7 too low 10 UpsellWP – Upsell and Related Products Offers for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (149) wp.org #12 ↓1 2 too low 11 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #15 ↓2 4 too low 12 Easy Duplicate Woo Order 1K+ · 4.7★ (21) wp.org #7 ↓1 5 too high 13 Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider 500K+ · 4.6★ (743) wp.org #18 5 too low 14 Wallet for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.7★ (188) wp.org #17 ↓1 3 too low 15 W3 Total Cache 900K+ · 4.4★ (5420) wp.org #23 8 too low 16 NextMove Lite – Thank You Page for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (150) wp.org #21 ↓2 5 too low 17 Retainful – WooCommerce Abandoned Cart, Newsletters, Email Marketing, Signup Forms and Automation 1K+ · 4.9★ (98) wp.org #20 ↓1 3 too low 18 SureContact – Newsletters, Email Marketing, Automation, Revenue Tracking & CRM 10K+ · 4.8★ (21) wp.org #19 1 too low 19 Autoship Cloud for WooCommerce Subscription Products 100+ · 4.6★ (37) wp.org #24 ↓1 5 too low 20 Order Splitter for WooCommerce 300+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #8 ↓1 12 too high 21 Checkout Shield for WooCommerce – Stop Fake Orders, Spam Bots & Card Testing 400+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #14 ↑3 7 too high 22 Order Tags or Order Label for WooCommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 13 too high 23 ShipStation for WooCommerce 40K+ · 3.3★ (13) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too high 24 Clone / Duplicate Orders for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #11 ↓1 13 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.