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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “scheduled export”

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 “scheduled export”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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

Export Media as ZIP shows at wp.org #12 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 3K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.7★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Ninja Forms – Contact Form Builder with Calculators, Quizzes, Signatures & AI Form Builder places #12 on merit, 4.4★ from 1397 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 WP All Export – Drag & Drop Export to Any Custom CSV, XML & Excel 100K+ · 4.5★ (415) wp.org #1 2 WP STAGING – Backups & Restore, Migration & Clone Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups 100K+ · 4.8★ (2470) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 WP Import Export Lite 40K+ · 4.0★ (113) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Export and Import Users and Customers 50K+ · 4.8★ (442) wp.org #4 5 Import and export users and customers 70K+ · 4.7★ (259) wp.org #5 6 Product Import Export for WooCommerce – CSV Product Importer & Exporter 80K+ · 4.6★ (413) wp.org #6 7 Comments Import & Export 2K+ · 4.9★ (68) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #10 2 too low 9 All-in-One WP Migration and Backup 5M+ · 4.5★ (7676) wp.org #17 ↓1 8 too low 10 WP All Export – Product Export Add-On for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.5★ (24) wp.org #7 3 too high 11 WP Ultimate CSV Importer – WordPress CSV, XML & Excel Import Export 20K+ · 4.4★ (593) wp.org #19 ↓1 8 too low 12 Ninja Forms – Contact Form Builder with Calculators, Quizzes, Signatures & AI Form Builder 500K+ · 4.4★ (1397) wp.org #24 ↓2 12 too low 13 Store Exporter – Export WooCommerce Products, Orders, Subscriptions, Customers 6K+ · 4.1★ (166) wp.org #16 ↓1 3 too low 14 Export WordPress Pages to Static HTML & PDF — Static Site Export 4K+ · 3.8★ (51) wp.org #15 ↓1 1 too low 15 WP All Export – Order Export for WooCommerce 3K+ · 3.9★ (8) wp.org #11 ↓2 4 too high 16 Order Export for WooCommerce 2K+ · 3.8★ (14) wp.org #13 ↓1 3 too high 17 Post Export Import with Media 1K+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #14 ↓1 3 too high 18 Export Customers Data 500+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #9 9 too high 19 Export Order Items for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.7★ (9) wp.org #21 ↓1 2 too low 20 Export All Posts, Products, Orders & Users | WP Ultimate Exporter | WordPress CSV Export 6K+ · 3.2★ (16) wp.org #22 ↓1 2 too low 21 Media Export & Clean 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too high 22 Export Media as ZIP 3K+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #12 ↓1 10 too high 23 Export Orders for WooCommerce – AI & MCP for Claude and ChatGPT 500+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #18 ↓1 5 too high 24 Postora Export for DOCX 100+ · 5.0★ (1) 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.