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

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 “winery”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 3 of the top 20. 2 plugins are pushed down for signals wp.org ignores: errors, a host-installed base, or removal risk.

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

DeMomentSomTres Wine and Cheese Catalog shows at wp.org #19 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its 10+ 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Tickera – Sell Tickets & Manage Events 2K+ · 4.5★ (292) wp.org #3 2 too low 2 Advanced Local Pickup for WooCommerce – Click & Collect, In-Store Pickup 3K+ · 4.7★ (55) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 Commerce7 for WordPress 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 Inspiro Starter Sites – 20+ Free Demo Templates for Gutenberg & Elementor 10K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 Events Maker by dFactory 1K+ · 4.7★ (33) wp.org #24 19 too low 6 Wine Cellar Manager – From collector to sommelier: wine always in order 10+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Vinoshipper 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Pay4All Shop 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↑1 1 too high 9 7Labs Winery Integration for Commerce7 and Tock — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↓1 1 too high 10 WPZOOM Addons for Elementor – Starter Templates & Widgets 20K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #17 ↓1 7 too low 11 7Labs Debug & Branding for Commerce7 — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓2 1 too high 12 Local Business Schema Widget 20+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #9 ↑1 3 too high 13 Marzipan Commerce for Wineries — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↑1 2 too high 14 AgentoWine – AI Wine Assistant — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 2 too high 15 Beverage Finder by Taps + Tables — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 2 too high 16 Devllo Wine Toolkit for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 WineLabel EU — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 2 too high 18 Beacon Events – Events Calendar with Recurring Events & Google Calendar Sync — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↑1 2 too high 19 BookingIt – Booking System — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too high 20 Tock Widget 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 21 Entity Schema 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↑1 22 Corksy — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 23 DeMomentSomTres Wine and Cheese Catalog 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 4 too high 24 Best Local SEO Tools, WordPress SEO Plugin 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 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.