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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “accordion”

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 “accordion”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 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

Gutena Accordion – Beautiful FAQ Accordion Block shows at wp.org #12 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 5K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Accordion FAQ – Compatible With All Page Builder (Elementor, Gutenberg) places #11 on merit, 4.6★ from 676 reviews, but shows at wp.org #22. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Lightweight Accordion 10K+ · 5.0★ (60) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 Easy Accordion – AI-Powered FAQ & Accordion Blocks, Product FAQ 70K+ · 4.9★ (358) wp.org #2 ↓1 3 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #3 4 Accordions 20K+ · 4.5★ (90) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Ultimate FAQ Accordion Plugin 30K+ · 4.6★ (439) wp.org #10 5 too low 6 ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2052) wp.org #13 ↑4 7 too low 7 WPB Accordion Menu – Collapsible Vertical Sidebar Responsive Mobile Menu – WooCommerce Category Accordion 10K+ · 4.4★ (54) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 Advanced Accordion Gutenberg Block – Create Beautiful FAQs, Content Accordions & Interactive Tabs 9K+ · 4.1★ (34) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 Easy Accordion Block – Accordion, FAQ & Collapsible Content for the Block Editor 7K+ · 4.4★ (16) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 Accordion Slider 2K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #4 6 too high 11 Accordion FAQ – Compatible With All Page Builder (Elementor, Gutenberg) 30K+ · 4.6★ (676) wp.org #22 ↓1 11 too low 12 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322) wp.org #23 11 too low 13 Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 600K+ · 4.8★ (333) wp.org #21 ↑1 8 too low 14 Helpie FAQ — Accordion, Docs & Knowledge Base 8K+ · 4.5★ (80) wp.org #17 ↓2 3 too low 15 Iks Menu – WordPress Category Accordion Menu & FAQs 10K+ · 5.0★ (27) wp.org #20 ↑1 5 too low 16 Accordion Toggle 2K+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #9 7 too high 17 Accordions – Responsive Accordion & FAQ Plugin for WordPress 1K+ · 4.6★ (10) wp.org #11 ↑1 6 too high 18 Bellows Accordion Menu 10K+ · 5.0★ (23) wp.org #24 ↓2 6 too low 19 Plethora Tabs + Accordions 2K+ · 4.9★ (8) wp.org #16 3 too high 20 Responsive Tabs — Horizontal, Vertical & Accordion Tabs for WordPress 2K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #15 5 too high 21 Gutena Accordion – Beautiful FAQ Accordion Block 5K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #12 ↓1 9 too high 22 Convert Rank Math FAQ to Accordion 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #14 8 too high 23 LIQUID BLOCKS – Slider, Carousel, Accordion 4K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 ↓1 5 too high 24 Accordion – Organize Content into Clean Collapsible Sections 600+ · 3.5★ (2) 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.