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

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 redirection”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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 Analytics shows at wp.org #6 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 20K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.5★ average from 4 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) places #9 on merit, 4.9★ from 8869 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin signals wp.org

Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ · 4.8★ (7520) wp.org #1 2

All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) wp.org #3 1 too low 3

Germanized for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.8★ (496) wp.org #4 1 too low 4

IP2Location Redirection 7K+ · 4.3★ (43) wp.org #2 2 too high 5

FiboSearch – Ajax Search for WooCommerce 100K+ · 4.9★ (1815) wp.org #9 4 too low 6

HUSKY – Products Filter for WooCommerce Professional. MCP is onboard 80K+ · 4.6★ (337) wp.org #7 1 too low 7

MultiVendorX – WooCommerce Multivendor Marketplace AI Powered Solutions 2K+ · 4.8★ (432) wp.org #8 1 too low 8

CF7 Apps – Addons for Contact Form 7 (Honeypot, Database, Redirection, Webhook, etc.) 300K+ · 3.8★ (135) wp.org #5 ↑1 3 too high 9

Really Simple Security – Simple and Performant Security (formerly Really Simple SSL) 3M+ · 4.9★ (8869) wp.org #16 7 too low 10

Ultra Addons for Contact Form 7 60K+ · 4.8★ (108) wp.org #11 1 too low 11

SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO 300K+ · 4.8★ (1268) wp.org #18 ↓6 7 too low 12

Payment Gateway for Redsys & WooCommerce Lite 20K+ · 4.9★ (87) wp.org #13 ↑1 1 too low 13

SEO Engine – Smart SEO with AI, Schema & Redirection for WordPress 1K+ · 4.9★ (48) wp.org #10 3 too high 14

WP Activity Log 300K+ · 4.7★ (490) wp.org #21 7 too low 15

DOOFINDER Search and Discovery for WP & WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.9★ (127) wp.org #20 5 too low 16

Specific Content For Mobile – Customize the mobile version without redirections 4K+ · 4.8★ (31) wp.org #17 ↑2 1 too low 17

Customer Email Verification for WooCommerce 8K+ · 4.8★ (47) wp.org #19 ↓2 2 too low 18

Afterpay Gateway for WooCommerce 10K+ · 3.6★ (45) wp.org #14 ↓1 4 too high 19

Payment Gateway of Stripe for WooCommerce 7K+ · 4.4★ (66) wp.org #23 ↓3 4 too low 20

Extensions For CF7 (Contact form 7 Database, Conditional Fields and Redirection) 5K+ · 4.9★ (8) thin reviews wp.org #12 ↑4 8 too high 21

WooCommerce Analytics 20K+ · 4.5★ (4) thin reviews wp.org #6 ↓1 15 too high 22

Kustom Checkout for WooCommerce 10K+ · 3.5★ (15) thin reviews wp.org #24 ↓3 2 too low 23

Registration Form for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) thin reviews wp.org #15 8 too high 24

Paymob for WooCommerce 5K+ · 3.0★ (4) thin reviews wp.org #22 2 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.