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

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 “sameday”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 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

Multi-Carrier EasyPost Shipping Methods & Address Validation for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #15 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 400+ 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Csomagpontok és Címkék WooCommerce-hez 7K+ · 5.0★ (27) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 SamedayCourier Shipping 4K+ · 2.7★ (14) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 DPD Baltic Shipping 2K+ · 2.7★ (13) wp.org #3 4 ShipBG for WooCommerce 20+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #7 ↓2 3 too low 5 Shipment Tracking for WooCommerce – Trackora 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #8 ↑2 3 too low 6 Speedy And Econt Shipping 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 Epeken All Kurir for Woocommerce 400+ · 4.7★ (24) wp.org #23 ↓1 16 too low 8 TrackFree – All-In-One WooCommerce Order Tracking 100+ · 3.6★ (5) wp.org #10 ↑3 2 too low 9 EuroParcel Integration for WooCommerce 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 ↑1 3 too high 10 BulCommerce 20+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #14 ↑1 4 too low 11 Jubelio Shipment: Plugin Ongkos Kirim Instant, Sameday, Regular, Cargo 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 ↑1 6 too high 12 Woot 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 3 too high 13 Drusoft Shipping for Sameday — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↓3 2 too high 14 BG Couriers for WooCommerce 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓1 2 too high 15 DHL eCommerce (Benelux) for WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #22 ↓1 7 too low 16 Drusoft Shipping for Speedy 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 17 Drusoft Shipping for Econt 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 ↓1 4 too high 18 L Livraria Shipping for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 1 too high 19 Изпрати.БГ Shipping for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 1 too high 20 SkyServers Local Delivery and Pickup for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 1 too high 21 Ovebot – AI Chatbot, Live Chat & Sales Agent — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too high 22 NewsmanApp 500+ · 4.0★ (3) wp.org #24 ↓1 2 too low 23 Multi-Carrier EasyPost Shipping Methods & Address Validation for WooCommerce 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↓1 8 too high 24 Plugin BlueX for WooCommerce 2K+ · 1.7★ (3) wp.org #21 ↓1 3 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.