wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “woocommerce admin”
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 “woocommerce admin”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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
WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) shows at wp.org #8 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 500K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 2.1★ average from 106 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.
Buried gem
PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce places #5 on merit, 5.0★ from 1865 reviews, but shows at wp.org #9. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.
WooCommerce 7M+ · 4.5★ (4833)
wp.org #1 2 
Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423)
wp.org #4 ↓1 2 too low 3 
WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ · 2.9★ (583) low rating, top placement
wp.org #2 ↑2 1 too high 4 
Admin Columns 100K+ · 4.9★ (1652)
wp.org #7 ↓1 3 too low 5 PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce 300K+ · 5.0★ (1865)
wp.org #9 ↓1 4 too low 6 
WooCommerce Stripe Payment Gateway 700K+ · 3.1★ (237) low rating, top placement
wp.org #3 ↓1 3 too high 7 
Customer Reviews for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.8★ (1539)
wp.org #11 ↓1 4 too low 8 
BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55)
wp.org #6 ↑1 2 too high 9 
Admin Menu Editor 300K+ · 4.6★ (312)
wp.org #10 ↑1 1 too low 10 
Germanized for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.8★ (496)
wp.org #13 3 too low 11 
WooPayments: Integrated WooCommerce Payments 800K+ · 3.4★ (177) low rating, top placement
wp.org #5 6 too high 12 
MailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation 500K+ · 4.4★ (1435)
wp.org #15 3 too low 13 
Payment Plugins for PayPal WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.8★ (127)
wp.org #14 ↑9 1 too low 14 
Product Feed Manager for WooCommerce – CTX Feed – Support 220+ Shopping, AI & Social Channels 90K+ · 4.6★ (838)
wp.org #22 ↓8 8 too low 15 
Product Feed PRO for WooCommerce by AdTribes – Product Feeds for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.7★ (1072)
wp.org #24 9 too low 16 
Payment Plugins for Stripe WooCommerce 100K+ · 4.8★ (303)
wp.org #20 4 too low 17 
Mercado Pago payments for WooCommerce 100K+ · 3.9★ (693)
wp.org #23 6 too low 18 
Google Analytics for WooCommerce 100K+ · 2.8★ (119)
wp.org #19 1 too low 19 WooCommerce Tax (formerly WooCommerce Shipping & Tax) 500K+ · 2.1★ (106)
wp.org #8 ↑7 11 too high 20 
Pinterest for WooCommerce 200K+ · 2.3★ (68)
wp.org #12 8 too high 21 
WooCommerce Square 80K+ · 2.1★ (121)
wp.org #16 ↑1 5 too high 22 N Ni WooCommerce Admin Order Columns 500+ · 4.8★ (6) thin reviews
wp.org #21 ↑3 1 too high 23 
WooCommerce Analytics 20K+ · 4.5★ (4) thin reviews
wp.org #17 ↑1 6 too high 24 
WooCommerce Shipping 70K+ · 2.0★ (18) thin reviews
wp.org #18 ↓9 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.