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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “variable pricing”

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 “variable pricing”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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

Role Based Pricing for Woo by Meow Crew shows at wp.org #7 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 2K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.2★ average from 5 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Advanced Product Fields (Product Addons) for WooCommerce places #12 on merit, 4.8★ from 284 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Tiered Pricing Table for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (104) wp.org #1 2 Pricing Table WordPress Plugin – Easy Pricing Tables 10K+ · 4.3★ (133) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 Advanced Dynamic Pricing and Discount Rules for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.7★ (123) wp.org #3 ↓1 4 Discount Rules and Dynamic Pricing for WooCommerce 9K+ · 4.7★ (248) wp.org #4 ↑1 5 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2144) wp.org #8 ↑1 3 too low 6 Wholesale Suite – B2B, Dynamic Pricing & WooCommerce Wholesale Prices 20K+ · 4.8★ (546) wp.org #9 ↓3 3 too low 7 Product Feed PRO for WooCommerce by AdTribes – Product Feeds for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.7★ (1072) wp.org #10 ↓2 3 too low 8 Dynamic Pricing With Discount Rules for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.5★ (68) wp.org #6 ↑1 2 too high 9 Show only lowest prices in variable products for WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.8★ (28) wp.org #5 ↓1 4 too high 10 Variation Swatches for WooCommerce 300K+ · 4.8★ (926) wp.org #15 ↑2 5 too low 11 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322) wp.org #17 ↓1 6 too low 12 Advanced Product Fields (Product Addons) for WooCommerce 50K+ · 4.8★ (284) wp.org #19 7 too low 13 YayPricing – WooCommerce Dynamic Pricing & Discounts 3K+ · 5.0★ (72) wp.org #14 1 too low 14 WRC Pricing Tables – Responsive CSS3 Pricing Tables 1K+ · 4.2★ (36) wp.org #11 3 too high 15 ELEX WooCommerce Role Based Pricing 2K+ · 4.1★ (14) wp.org #12 3 too high 16 Dynamic Pricing and Discount Rules 1K+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #13 3 too high 17 Price by Quantity & Bulk Quantity Discounts for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.8★ (16) wp.org #18 1 too low 18 WP Search with Algolia 7K+ · 4.5★ (24) wp.org #21 ↑2 3 too low 19 Role Based Pricing for Woo by Meow Crew 2K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #7 ↑3 12 too high 20 ELEX WooCommerce Dynamic Pricing and Discounts 700+ · 4.3★ (13) wp.org #16 ↓1 4 too high 21 Discount Rules for WooCommerce – Disco | Dynamic Pricing, Conditions, Bulk, Bundle, BOGO 5K+ · 4.2★ (9) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 MSRP (RRP) Pricing for WooCommerce 200+ · 4.3★ (9) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 ELEX WooCommerce Name Your Price 500+ · 4.3★ (8) wp.org #23 ↓1 24 MaxtDesign Role-Based Pricing for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 ↓1 2 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.