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

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 “wishlists”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 of the top 20. 11 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 it throws errors on current PHP, 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 #8 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 15 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

LoginWP (Formerly Peter's Login Redirect) places #7 on merit, 4.8★ from 503 reviews, but shows at wp.org #22. 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 Wishlist for WooCommerce: Multiple Wishlists per Customer 2K+ · 4.9★ (53) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 YITH WooCommerce Wishlist 400K+ · 3.9★ (262) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 MoreConvert Wishlist for WooCommerce 8K+ · 4.9★ (120) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 WPC Smart Wishlist for WooCommerce 100K+ · 4.8★ (34) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 Email Marketing for WooCommerce by Omnisend 40K+ · 4.9★ (169) wp.org #17 11 too low 7 LoginWP (Formerly Peter's Login Redirect) 80K+ · 4.8★ (503) wp.org #22 15 too low 8 ShopEngine – All-in-One Elementor WooCommerce Builder with eCommerce Templates & Woo Widgets 100K+ · 4.6★ (212) wp.org #19 11 too low 9 Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ · 4.8★ (612) wp.org #24 15 too low 10 Custom Post Type Permalinks 200K+ · 4.8★ (71) wp.org #18 8 too low 11 Product Gallery Slider, Additional Variation Images for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.6★ (160) wp.org #23 12 too low 12 Masteriyo LMS – LMS Course Builder, Quizzes & Certificates 6K+ · 4.8★ (184) wp.org #20 8 too low 13 WishSuite – Wishlist for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #10 3 too high 14 Wishlist for WooCommerce 800+ · 4.7★ (6) wp.org #7 7 too high 15 SaveTo Wishlist Lite – WooCommerce Wishlist 500+ · 4.2★ (11) wp.org #9 6 too high 16 NM Gift Registry and Wishlist Lite 200+ · 4.9★ (25) wp.org #21 5 too low 17 QODE Wishlist for WooCommerce 10K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 11 too high 18 Wishlist 300+ · 3.8★ (13) wp.org #16 2 too high 19 Live Carts for WooCommerce: Track Active, Abandoned, and Converted Carts & Wishlists in Real Time! 900+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #12 7 too high 20 Wishlist for WooCommerce 500+ · 3.8★ (10) wp.org #15 5 too high 21 Flexible Wishlist for WooCommerce – Ecommerce Wishlist & Save for later 700+ · 4.4★ (5) wp.org #14 7 too high 22 Addonify – WooCommerce Wishlist 1K+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #11 11 too high 23 LearnPress – Course Wishlist 10K+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #8 15 too high 24 WCBoost – Wishlist 40K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 11 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.