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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “wc menu”

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 “wc menu”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 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

WC Builder – WooCommerce Page Builder for WPBakery shows at wp.org #13 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.8★ average from 6 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Product Table & List Builder for WooCommerce places #9 on merit, 4.9★ from 254 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 WC Cancel Order 5K+ · 4.9★ (23) wp.org #1 2 WCFM – Frontend Manager for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.5★ (286) wp.org #2 3 Menu Cart for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.6★ (99) wp.org #3 4 WC Fields Factory 7K+ · 4.3★ (168) wp.org #4 5 WC Vendors – WooCommerce Multivendor, WooCommerce Marketplace, Product Vendors 3K+ · 4.5★ (188) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 WCFM Marketplace – Multivendor Marketplace for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.6★ (449) wp.org #10 4 too low 7 WC – APG NIF/CIF/NIE Field 10K+ · 4.8★ (23) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 WC Hide Shipping Methods 20K+ · 4.2★ (44) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 Product Table & List Builder for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.9★ (254) wp.org #19 10 too low 10 WPB Accordion Menu – Collapsible Vertical Sidebar Responsive Mobile Menu – WooCommerce Category Accordion 10K+ · 4.4★ (54) wp.org #11 1 too low 11 WP Menu Cart 8K+ · 4.8★ (23) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 WCFM Membership – WooCommerce Memberships for Multivendor Marketplace 10K+ · 4.0★ (25) wp.org #8 4 too high 13 WC – APG Weight Shipping 6K+ · 4.3★ (49) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 WC Korkmaz Contract – Contracts for WooCommerce 500+ · 5.0★ (22) wp.org #17 ↓2 3 too low 15 W WC-AC Hook 1K+ · 5.0★ (15) wp.org #18 3 too low 16 WC Affiliate – WooCommerce Affiliate Plugin 300+ · 4.6★ (16) wp.org #16 ↑1 17 Themify – WooCommerce Product Filter 20K+ · 3.5★ (72) wp.org #22 ↑1 5 too low 18 WC Pickup Store 2K+ · 4.7★ (25) wp.org #24 6 too low 19 Payment Gateway bKash for WC 1K+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #20 ↑1 1 too low 20 WC – APG Free Shipping 1K+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #21 ↓1 1 too low 21 WC Moneris Payment Gateway 900+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #14 7 too high 22 WC Builder – WooCommerce Page Builder for WPBakery 1K+ · 3.8★ (6) wp.org #13 9 too high 23 WC – APG City 100+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #23 ↑1 24 WC Search Orders By Product 800+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #15 ↑1 9 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.