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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “accordions shortcode”

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 “accordions shortcode”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 4 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

Accordion Slider shows at wp.org #9 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 2K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 6 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Max Mega Menu places #12 on merit, 4.8★ from 882 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Accordions 20K+ · 4.5★ (90) wp.org #2 ↓1 1 too low 2 Lightweight Accordion 10K+ · 5.0★ (60) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Shortcodes Ultimate – Content Elements 400K+ · 4.9★ (5925) wp.org #4 ↑1 1 too low 4 Easy Accordion – AI-Powered FAQ & Accordion Blocks, Product FAQ 70K+ · 4.9★ (358) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too low 5 Accordions – Responsive Accordion & FAQ Plugin for WordPress 1K+ · 4.6★ (10) wp.org #1 ↑1 4 too high 6 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 Ultimate FAQ Accordion Plugin 30K+ · 4.6★ (439) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322) wp.org #11 ↑9 3 too low 9 Content Views – Post Grid & Filter (Shortcode, Blocks, Elementor Widgets) 100K+ · 4.8★ (333) wp.org #14 ↓4 5 too low 10 ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051) wp.org #18 ↑3 8 too low 11 Accordion FAQ – Compatible With All Page Builder (Elementor, Gutenberg) 30K+ · 4.6★ (676) wp.org #20 ↓1 9 too low 12 Max Mega Menu 300K+ · 4.8★ (882) wp.org #24 ↓1 12 too low 13 Helpie FAQ — Accordion, Docs & Knowledge Base 8K+ · 4.5★ (80) wp.org #12 ↑1 1 too high 14 WPB Accordion Menu – Collapsible Vertical Sidebar Responsive Mobile Menu – WooCommerce Category Accordion 10K+ · 4.4★ (54) wp.org #8 6 too high 15 Shortcodes Finder 4K+ · 4.9★ (53) wp.org #16 1 too low 16 Easy Accordion Block – Accordion, FAQ & Collapsible Content for the Block Editor 7K+ · 4.4★ (16) wp.org #10 ↑2 6 too high 17 Iks Menu – WordPress Category Accordion Menu & FAQs 10K+ · 5.0★ (27) wp.org #17 ↑1 18 Events Shortcodes For The Events Calendar 10K+ · 4.9★ (214) wp.org #19 ↓4 1 too low 19 Arconix Shortcodes 3K+ · 4.6★ (24) wp.org #15 ↓1 4 too high 20 Accordion Slider 2K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #9 ↑2 11 too high 21 Bootstrap Shortcodes 4K+ · 5.0★ (23) wp.org #23 ↑1 2 too low 22 Easy Bootstrap Shortcode 6K+ · 4.0★ (50) wp.org #22 ↓13 23 Materialize Accordions 50+ · 4.8★ (4) wp.org #13 ↑4 10 too high 24 Responsive Tabs — Horizontal, Vertical & Accordion Tabs for WordPress 2K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #21 ↑1 3 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.