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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “yith wishlist”

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 “yith wishlist”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 of the top 20. 9 plugins are pushed down for signals wp.org ignores: errors, a host-installed base, or removal risk.

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 it throws errors on current PHP, whether the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Flexible Wishlist for WooCommerce – Ecommerce Wishlist & Save for later shows at wp.org #9 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 14 places. Its 700+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.4★ average from 5 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Product Feed PRO for WooCommerce by AdTribes – Product Feeds for WooCommerce places #4 on merit, 4.7★ from 1069 reviews, but shows at wp.org #18. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 YITH WooCommerce Wishlist 400K+ · 3.9★ (262) wp.org #1 2 TI WooCommerce Wishlist 100K+ · 4.7★ (503) wp.org #2 3 YITH WooCommerce Quick View 90K+ · 3.8★ (27) wp.org #3 4 Product Feed PRO for WooCommerce by AdTribes – Product Feeds for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.7★ (1069) wp.org #18 14 too low 5 Wishlist for WooCommerce: Multiple Wishlists per Customer 2K+ · 4.9★ (53) wp.org #10 5 too low 6 YITH WooCommerce Catalog Mode 60K+ · 3.6★ (44) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 YITH WooCommerce Ajax Product Filter 70K+ · 3.5★ (98) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 ShopEngine – All-in-One Elementor WooCommerce Builder with eCommerce Templates & Woo Widgets 100K+ · 4.6★ (212) wp.org #15 ↓3 7 too low 9 BEW – Elementor Addons, Templates & AI Builder 20K+ · 4.5★ (28) wp.org #11 ↓1 2 too low 10 Advanced Woo Labels – Product Labels & Badges for WooCommerce 10K+ · 5.0★ (64) wp.org #13 3 too low 11 Invisible Anti-Spam & CAPTCHA — reCAPTCHA Alternative for All Forms 4K+ · 4.8★ (50) wp.org #17 6 too low 12 PVT – Product Variation Table for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (49) wp.org #20 ↓3 8 too low 13 Advanced Form Integration — Connect Forms to 300+ Apps 9K+ · 4.8★ (91) wp.org #24 ↓2 11 too low 14 Product Table for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.8★ (295) wp.org #22 ↓1 8 too low 15 SaveTo Wishlist Lite – WooCommerce Wishlist 500+ · 4.2★ (11) wp.org #6 ↑1 9 too high 16 YITH WooCommerce Badge Management 10K+ · 2.9★ (93) wp.org #8 8 too high 17 SysBasics Customize My Account for WooCommerce – Live My Account Customizer 7K+ · 4.2★ (33) wp.org #12 ↓1 5 too high 18 Email Customizer for WooCommerce – Spark Editor 200+ · 4.8★ (19) wp.org #21 ↓2 3 too low 19 YITH Essential Kit for WooCommerce #1 4K+ · 3.4★ (14) wp.org #7 ↓1 12 too high 20 Better Badge – Custom Product Badges for WooCommerce 600+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #16 ↓1 4 too high 21 UnoDock – Mobile Bottom Navigation 600+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #14 7 too high 22 Product Labels, Quick View, Buy Now, Pre-Orders, Frequently Bought Together & More for WooCommerce – Merchant 9K+ · 4.2★ (11) wp.org #23 ↓3 1 too low 23 Flexible Wishlist for WooCommerce – Ecommerce Wishlist & Save for later 700+ · 4.4★ (5) wp.org #9 14 too high 24 Tag Pilot FREE – Google Tag Manager Integration for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #19 ↓3 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.