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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “woocommerce cogs”

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 cogs”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 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

Alpha Insights – Advanced Analytics, Sales Reporting & COGS for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #15 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 50+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 Cost of Goods: Product Cost & Profit Calculator for WooCommerce 9K+ · 4.7★ (41) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 ATUM WooCommerce Inventory Management and Stock Tracking 10K+ · 4.7★ (128) wp.org #5 ↓1 2 too low 4 EU/UK VAT Validation Manager for WooCommerce 7K+ · 4.8★ (39) wp.org #4 ↑1 5 Ninjalytics: Sales Reports & Order Export for WooCommerce and EDD 6K+ · 4.4★ (57) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Min Max Step Quantity Limits Manager for WooCommerce 3K+ · 4.9★ (51) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 ShipStation for WooCommerce 40K+ · 3.3★ (13) wp.org #2 ↓1 5 too high 8 Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce 8K+ · 4.8★ (47) wp.org #8 9 Wishlist for WooCommerce: Multiple Wishlists per Customer 2K+ · 4.9★ (53) wp.org #10 1 too low 10 Store Exporter – Export WooCommerce Products, Orders, Subscriptions, Customers 6K+ · 4.1★ (166) wp.org #11 1 too low 11 Variation Swatches for WooCommerce 50K+ · 3.7★ (59) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 Order Minimum/Maximum Amount Limits for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.5★ (40) wp.org #12 13 WPFunnels – Funnel Builder for WooCommerce with Checkout & One Click Upsell 5K+ · 4.9★ (175) wp.org #24 ↓1 11 too low 14 Additional Custom Emails & Recipients for WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (18) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 annasta Filters for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.8★ (44) wp.org #18 3 too low 16 Free Shipping Bar: Amount Left for Free Shipping for WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (26) wp.org #16 17 Product Feed for Google Shopping, Microsoft Advertising and 40+ Channels for WooCommerce Merchant 2K+ · 4.8★ (87) wp.org #23 6 too low 18 Variation Swatches for WooCommerce 9K+ · 4.7★ (55) wp.org #21 3 too low 19 Maximum Products per User for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.6★ (42) wp.org #22 3 too low 20 Popups for WooCommerce: Add to Cart, Checkout & More 2K+ · 4.8★ (12) wp.org #14 6 too high 21 Product XML Feed Manager for WooCommerce – Google Shopping, Social Sites, Skroutz & More 1K+ · 4.8★ (20) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 Payment Methods by Product & Country for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.2★ (18) wp.org #17 5 too high 23 Price Update: Bulk Pricing Editor for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.0★ (10) wp.org #19 4 too high 24 Alpha Insights – Advanced Analytics, Sales Reporting & COGS for WooCommerce 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 9 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.