wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “wordpress csv export”

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 “wordpress csv export”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 5 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

Export Users Data CSV shows at wp.org #11 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 4 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin signals wp.org

Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27821) wp.org #1 2

WP All Export – Drag & Drop Export to Any Custom CSV, XML & Excel 100K+ · 4.5★ (415) wp.org #2 3

TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy 600K+ · 5.0★ (4625) wp.org #3 ↑1 4

Import and export users and customers 70K+ · 4.7★ (259) wp.org #4 ↓1 5

WP Ultimate CSV Importer – WordPress CSV, XML & Excel Import Export 20K+ · 4.4★ (593) wp.org #5 ↑1 6

Product Import Export for WooCommerce – CSV Product Importer & Exporter 80K+ · 4.6★ (413) wp.org #6 ↓1 7

Advanced Order Export For WooCommerce 100K+ · 5.0★ (350) wp.org #8 1 too low 8

Export and Import Users and Customers 50K+ · 4.8★ (442) wp.org #10 2 too low 9

Order Export & Order Import for WooCommerce 50K+ · 4.7★ (337) wp.org #12 ↓1 3 too low 10

Export All URLs 50K+ · 4.6★ (94) wp.org #9 1 too high 11

WP Import Export Lite 40K+ · 4.0★ (113) wp.org #13 ↑2 2 too low 12

Export Media URLs 7K+ · 5.0★ (29) wp.org #14 ↓1 2 too low 13

Comments Import & Export 2K+ · 4.9★ (68) wp.org #21 ↓2 8 too low 14

Export All Posts, Products, Orders & Users | WP Ultimate Exporter | WordPress CSV Export 6K+ · 3.2★ (16) thin reviews wp.org #7 7 too high 15

CSV Importer 3K+ · 4.2★ (28) wp.org #15 ↓1 16

WP All Export – Product Export Add-On for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.5★ (24) thin reviews wp.org #18 2 too low 17

Import Users from CSV 10K+ · 4.1★ (44) wp.org #22 ↑1 5 too low 18

Import WP – CSV & XML Import Export for WordPress 4K+ · 4.4★ (25) wp.org #17 1 too high 19

PiWeb Export Customers Users & Guest customer to CSV for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.7★ (30) wp.org #24 5 too low 20

Export Products, Orders & Customers for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.6★ (14) thin reviews wp.org #23 3 too low 21

Export Users Data CSV 1K+ · 5.0★ (4) thin reviews wp.org #11 ↑5 10 too high 22

WP All Export – Order Export for WooCommerce 3K+ · 3.9★ (8) thin reviews wp.org #20 ↑1 2 too high 23

WP All Export – User Export Add-On 6K+ · 3.6★ (7) thin reviews wp.org #16 ↑6 7 too high 24

Export/Import Media – CSV Media Library Import & Export 1K+ · 3.7★ (3) thin reviews wp.org #19 ↑1 5 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.