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

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 “unboxing”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 3 of the top 17.

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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Product Tabs for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (69) wp.org #1 2 VidShop – Shoppable Videos for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #2 3 Dokan Kits 300+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Custom Feed for TikTok – Social Post Feed Plugin for TikTok 1K+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Vidjet – Shoppable Videos 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 MediaHaven – Video Gallery, HLS Player & WooCommerce Product Videos 40+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #17 11 too low 7 BuckyDrop – Branded Dropshipping for WooCommerce 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 ProductReels – Shoppable Reels for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 3 too high 9 Product Video & Variation Image Gallery for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 Frommwah Reveals — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↑1 1 too high 11 TubeBay – YouTube Product Video Gallery & Embeds for WooCommerce 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 1 too high 12 Stord Unbox integration for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 1 too high 13 Mysterx – Mystery Boxes for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 ClipToCart – Shoppable Video, Product Video Slider & Story Bubbles for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 Nexura Product Video Media Gallery for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↑1 1 too high 16 Hyoka – Product Reviews, Photo Reviews, Customer Reviews & Testimonials for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 1 too high 17 MyLiveCart — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 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.