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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “woo analytics”

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 “woo analytics”, we and wp.org disagree 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

ThemeHunk – Side Cart, Ajax Cart & Menu Cart for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #14 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 5K+ 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

Discount Rules for WooCommerce places #7 on merit, 4.9★ from 1395 reviews, but shows at wp.org #13. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Product Feed PRO for WooCommerce by AdTribes – Product Feeds for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.7★ (1072) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Cart Abandonment Recovery for WooCommerce – Recover Lost Sales with Automated Emails 300K+ · 4.8★ (626) wp.org #3 ↑4 1 too low 3 Advanced Woo Search – Product Search for WooCommerce 60K+ · 4.8★ (248) wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too low 4 BEAR – Bulk Editor for WooCommerce Professional. AI assistant on board (MCP Server) 30K+ · 4.7★ (228) wp.org #8 ↑3 4 too low 5 Plausible Analytics 10K+ · 5.0★ (29) wp.org #5 ↓1 6 WooCommerce Analytics 20K+ · 4.5★ (4) wp.org #1 5 too high 7 Discount Rules for WooCommerce 100K+ · 4.9★ (1395) wp.org #13 6 too low 8 Connect Matomo – Analytics Dashboard for WordPress 60K+ · 4.5★ (95) wp.org #7 ↑1 1 too high 9 Variation Swatches for WooCommerce – Color, Image & Size Swatches 200K+ · 4.6★ (51) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 Coupon Affiliates – Affiliate Plugin for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (77) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 Joinchat – Enhanced “click to chat” 700K+ · 4.7★ (189) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 XT Floating Cart for WooCommerce 4K+ · 4.6★ (149) wp.org #15 ↑2 3 too low 13 Product Attachment for WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.5★ (24) wp.org #12 ↑3 1 too high 14 Integration for WooCommerce and Zoho CRM, Books, Invoice, Inventory, Bigin 1K+ · 5.0★ (84) wp.org #23 ↓2 9 too low 15 Flat Rate Shipping Method for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.2★ (76) wp.org #17 ↑2 2 too low 16 Tracking and Consent Manager – WP Full Picture 3K+ · 5.0★ (21) wp.org #16 ↓2 17 Putler – Simple WooCommerce Analytics for your Store 200+ · 5.0★ (15) wp.org #18 1 too low 18 Enhanced Ecommerce Google Analytics for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #11 ↑1 7 too high 19 GG Woo Feed for WooCommerce Shopping Feed on Google and Other Channels 1K+ · 4.5★ (12) wp.org #19 ↑1 20 BjornTech Accounting Report for WooCommerce 900+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #24 4 too low 21 Tag Pilot FREE – Google Tag Manager Integration for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #22 ↑1 1 too low 22 Rede Itaú for WooCommerce — Payment PIX, Credit Card and Debit 1K+ · 4.3★ (9) wp.org #21 1 too high 23 Razorpay for WooCommerce 100K+ · 2.5★ (23) wp.org #20 ↑2 3 too high 24 ThemeHunk – Side Cart, Ajax Cart & Menu Cart for WooCommerce 5K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↑2 10 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.