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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “wishlist button”

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 “wishlist button”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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

LearnPress – Course Wishlist shows at wp.org #7 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 10K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.7★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates places #6 on merit, 4.9★ from 1680 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 TI WooCommerce Wishlist 100K+ · 4.7★ (503) wp.org #1 2 YITH WooCommerce Wishlist 400K+ · 3.9★ (262) wp.org #2 3 MoreConvert Wishlist for WooCommerce 8K+ · 4.9★ (120) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 WPC Smart Wishlist for WooCommerce 100K+ · 4.8★ (34) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Wishlist for WooCommerce: Multiple Wishlists per Customer 2K+ · 4.9★ (53) wp.org #10 5 too low 6 Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #24 18 too low 7 Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ · 4.8★ (612) wp.org #21 14 too low 8 Carousel Slider 30K+ · 4.3★ (160) wp.org #20 12 too low 9 NM Gift Registry and Wishlist Lite 200+ · 4.9★ (25) wp.org #17 8 too low 10 Wishlist for WooCommerce 900+ · 4.7★ (6) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 SaveTo Wishlist Lite – WooCommerce Wishlist 500+ · 4.2★ (11) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 WishSuite – Wishlist for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #15 3 too low 13 Wishlist 300+ · 3.8★ (13) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 QODE Wishlist for WooCommerce 10K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #5 9 too high 15 Addonify – WooCommerce Wishlist 1K+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #6 9 too high 16 Wishlist for WooCommerce 500+ · 3.8★ (10) wp.org #12 4 too high 17 Wishlist and Compare for WooCommerce 100+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #16 1 too high 18 LearnPress – Course Wishlist 10K+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #7 11 too high 19 Flexible Wishlist for WooCommerce – Ecommerce Wishlist & Save for later 700+ · 4.4★ (5) wp.org #14 5 too high 20 Wishlist and Save for later for Woocommerce 80+ · 4.3★ (8) wp.org #19 1 too high 21 Coupon & Discount Code Reveal Button 1K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #22 1 too low 22 Live Carts for WooCommerce: Track Active, Abandoned, and Converted Carts & Wishlists in Real Time! 900+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 WCBoost – Wishlist 40K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 10 too high 24 Wishlist for WooCommerce 1K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 6 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.