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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “animate.css”

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 “animate.css”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 of the top 20. 3 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.

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Ranked above its merit

Rescue Shortcodes shows at wp.org #4 but places #10 on merit, a gap of 6 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Animate It! 20K+ · 4.9★ (127) wp.org #1 2 Post and Page Builder by BoldGrid – Visual Drag and Drop Editor 50K+ · 4.7★ (140) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Gift Wrapper for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.7★ (52) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder (UABB) 20K+ · 5.0★ (332) wp.org #7 3 too low 5 Getwid – Gutenberg Blocks 50K+ · 4.7★ (115) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 CMB2 300K+ · 5.0★ (91) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Timeline Module for Beaver Builder 2K+ · 4.6★ (10) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Easy Textillate 1K+ · 4.8★ (15) wp.org #12 4 too low 9 Animated Text Block – Add Typing and Looping Text Effects 4K+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #9 10 R Rescue Shortcodes 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 6 too high 11 bSlider – Build Sliders That Bring Your Content to Life 5K+ · 4.0★ (11) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 Post Carousel & Slider 200+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #16 4 too low 13 FrontBlocks Site Tools 500+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #15 2 too low 14 NEO Bootstrap Carousel 30+ · 4.0★ (3) wp.org #11 3 too high 15 MotionKit – Visual GSAP Animation Builder for Elementor, Divi, Bricks & More 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #17 2 too low 16 S Spice Blocks 1K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 BubiBlock Slider 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 4 too high 18 EmiCache – Faster Elementor, Better PageSpeed 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too low 19 Jupa – Blocknimations — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 AJO Animate — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 1 too low 21 Gutensee — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 1 too low 22 Magecomp AI Description Generator for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 LNBuilder – Visual Page Builder — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 5 too high 24 Storelly – Product Options, Price Calculator, B2B Quotes & Visual Product Builder for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24

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.