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

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 “valuations”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 0 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 N Ni Cost of Goods for WooCommerce 200+ · 3.5★ (4) wp.org #1 2 Free Property Valuation (Lead Generator) / Kostenlose Immobilienbewertung 500+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #2 3 ZZAZZ 20+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 Commercial Real Estate Valuation Calculator 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Codersly ERP 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 Canada Property Valuation & Rent Lead Widgets — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 7 immonex Kickstart for Elementor 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 8 Profitrics – Profit, COGS and Expense Tracker for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 9 Grundly – Immobilienbewertung und Wertermittlung für Makler — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 10 RehAnalytics — By Rehani — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 11 Khuza Listing Intelligence — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 12 R Raheel Stock Value Report for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 13 Sanctabase SurveyQuotation Connector — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 14 Totals Report for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 15 D DominoStock – Multi-Store Inventory Sync & Stock Manager for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 16 Stocktake – Physical Inventory Count, Cycle Count & Inventory Audit for WooCommerce 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓2 17 QC SEO Help for llms.txt, AI Analytics, AI Content Writer, FAQ Generator, Subtitle to Article 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓2 18 DomToRaj Integration — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 19 A Aureliquo – Quotazioni Oro e Argento — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓3 20 Reallyo AgentAI – Real Estate Chatbot — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓3 21 CodeBold Commerce – POS and Inventory for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓3 22 OGOship for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓3 23 Lynbro Soge Lookup — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓3 24 DaazMarkets — Global Market Prices 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓3

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.