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

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 “wine”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 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

Zita Site Library for Elementor shows at wp.org #6 but places #14 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

WP Travel Engine – Tour Booking Plugin – Tour Operator Software places #3 on merit, 4.9★ from 594 reviews, but shows at wp.org #11. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ · 4.8★ (612) wp.org #4 ↓1 3 too low 2 WP Maps – Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Mapbox, Store Locator with Search, Filters & Listings 60K+ · 4.3★ (122) wp.org #3 ↑1 1 too low 3 WP Travel Engine – Tour Booking Plugin – Tour Operator Software 20K+ · 4.9★ (594) wp.org #11 ↑1 8 too low 4 Alex Reservations – Restaurant Reservations, Tables & White-Label Booking System 200+ · 4.9★ (28) wp.org #8 ↑1 4 too low 5 Five Star Restaurant Menu and Food Ordering 5K+ · 4.6★ (107) wp.org #13 8 too low 6 Wine Club Connection 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #1 5 too high 7 Advanced Age Verification Popup 700+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Wine Cellar Manager – From collector to sommelier: wine always in order 10+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #2 6 too high 9 WPC Product Quantity for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.0★ (15) wp.org #12 ↓1 3 too low 10 Sold Individually for WooCommerce Product Variations 700+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #15 5 too low 11 Easy Age Verify 1K+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 Digital Clock 300+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #7 5 too high 13 Move Addons for Elementor 2K+ · 4.0★ (6) wp.org #17 ↑3 4 too low 14 Zita Site Library for Elementor 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 8 too high 15 Search with Wine-Searcher – Integrate Wine-Searcher in your site 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 6 too high 16 Easy Map – Store Locator, OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Mapbox 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #18 ↓1 2 too low 17 Product Bundles – Variation Bundles 600+ · 3.0★ (6) wp.org #19 ↓1 2 too low 18 SommelierX Wine Advice — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 4 too high 19 BundleBoss – Product Bundles, Mix and Match & Build a Box for WooCommerce 80+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #24 ↓1 5 too low 20 My Next Wine for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 4 too high 21 Devllo Wine Toolkit for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too high 22 Sommelier Chatbox – Wine Recommendation Widget for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 1 too high 23 WT Catalog 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 1 too high 24 AgentoWine – AI Wine Assistant — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 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.