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

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 pricing”, 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

Pricing Table – Block – Show Product or Service Pricing in Table Format shows at wp.org #12 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 1K+ 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.

Buried gem

Wholesale Suite – B2B, Dynamic Pricing & WooCommerce Wholesale Prices places #10 on merit, 4.8★ from 546 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 wp.org
1 MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy) 2M+ · 4.5★ (3157) wp.org #1 2 Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4962) wp.org #2 3 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2144) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Pricing Table WordPress Plugin – Easy Pricing Tables 10K+ · 4.3★ (133) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Pricing Table by Supsystic – Responsive Pricing Plans & Comparison Tables 10K+ · 4.1★ (288) wp.org #5 6 Tiered Pricing Table for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (104) wp.org #6 7 Advanced Dynamic Pricing and Discount Rules for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.7★ (123) wp.org #7 8 Burst Statistics – Simple WordPress Analytics (Google Analytics Alternative) 200K+ · 4.9★ (186) wp.org #8 ↑1 9 Discount Rules and Dynamic Pricing for WooCommerce 9K+ · 4.7★ (248) wp.org #11 ↑3 2 too low 10 Wholesale Suite – B2B, Dynamic Pricing & WooCommerce Wholesale Prices 20K+ · 4.8★ (546) wp.org #16 ↓4 6 too low 11 Dynamic Pricing With Discount Rules for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.5★ (68) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 Responsive Pricing Table 10K+ · 4.6★ (91) wp.org #13 1 too low 13 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #22 ↑1 9 too low 14 Pricing Table – Responsive & Easy 3K+ · 4.2★ (26) wp.org #9 ↓1 5 too high 15 YayPricing – WooCommerce Dynamic Pricing & Discounts 3K+ · 5.0★ (72) wp.org #24 9 too low 16 WRC Pricing Tables – Responsive CSS3 Pricing Tables 1K+ · 4.2★ (36) wp.org #14 ↑1 2 too high 17 MxChat – AI Chatbot & Content Generation for WordPress 2K+ · 5.0★ (31) wp.org #21 ↓2 4 too low 18 Product Open Pricing (Name Your Price) for WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.1★ (19) wp.org #20 ↑1 2 too low 19 Dynamic Pricing and Discount Rules 1K+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #19 ↑1 20 ELEX WooCommerce Role Based Pricing 2K+ · 4.1★ (14) wp.org #23 ↑1 3 too low 21 Role Based Pricing for Woo by Meow Crew 2K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #18 ↓1 3 too high 22 Pricing Table – Block – Show Product or Service Pricing in Table Format 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 ↓1 10 too high 23 Premmerce Wholesale Pricing for WooCommerce 400+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 ↑1 8 too high 24 WBD Pricing Tables – Gutenberg Pricing Table & Comparison Block 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↑1 7 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.