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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “animated sequence”

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 “animated sequence”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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

Themesflat Addons For Elementor shows at wp.org #6 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 40K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 2.0★ average from 9 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

The Plus Addons for Elementor – Mega Menu, Header Footer, Post Grid, AI Widgets & Templates places #5 on merit, 4.6★ from 388 reviews, but shows at wp.org #14. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 600K+ · 4.8★ (333) wp.org #2 ↑1 1 too low 2 Unlimited Elements for Elementor 300K+ · 4.8★ (525) wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too low 3 Animated Text Block – Add Typing and Looping Text Effects 4K+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 Animation Addons – Elementor Addons, GSAP Animations, Elementor V4 Atomic Widgets & Elementor Templates 10K+ · 4.6★ (66) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 The Plus Addons for Elementor – Mega Menu, Header Footer, Post Grid, AI Widgets & Templates 100K+ · 4.6★ (388) wp.org #14 ↓1 9 too low 6 Greenshift – animation and page builder blocks 70K+ · 4.8★ (107) wp.org #8 2 too low 7 Brave – Create Popup, Optins, Lead Generation, Survey, Sticky Elements & Interactive Content 20K+ · 4.8★ (209) wp.org #16 ↑1 9 too low 8 Nexter Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks, Page Builder & AI Website Builder 9K+ · 4.8★ (90) wp.org #12 ↑3 4 too low 9 Testimonial – Testimonial Slider and Showcase Plugin 20K+ · 4.6★ (67) wp.org #13 ↓1 4 too low 10 Multi Step Form 8K+ · 4.3★ (36) wp.org #11 ↓1 1 too low 11 Scrollsequence – Cinematic Scroll Image Animation Plugin 3K+ · 4.6★ (19) wp.org #10 ↓1 1 too high 12 AnimateGL – WebGL & CSS Scroll Animations and Hover Effects for Gutenberg and Elementor 2K+ · 5.0★ (22) wp.org #18 6 too low 13 Ultimate Cursor – Interactive and Animated Custom Cursor and Background Effects Toolkit 3K+ · 4.5★ (4) wp.org #4 9 too high 14 Marquee Addons for Elementor – Essential Motion Widgets & Templates 20K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #9 ↑2 5 too high 15 Responsive Blocks – Page Builder for Blocks & Patterns 3K+ · 4.8★ (17) wp.org #22 ↓1 7 too low 16 Popup builder with Gamification, Multi-Step Popups, Page-Level Targeting, and WooCommerce Triggers 70K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #19 ↓1 3 too low 17 Essential Classy Addons for Elementor – 150+ Widgets, Templates & Performance Tools 400+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #21 ↓1 4 too low 18 Themesflat Addons For Elementor 40K+ · 2.0★ (9) wp.org #6 12 too high 19 Animated Text Widget for Elementor 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 12 too high 20 Enter Addons – Ultimate Template Builder for Elementor 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #23 ↓1 3 too low 21 Ultra Addons Lite for Elementor 700+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 6 too high 22 Unlimited Elements Blocks Library 500+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↓1 5 too high 23 Flux Media Optimizer – Image & Video Optimization by Flux Plugins 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↓1 3 too high 24 neoMotion – Creative stop-motion editor for neoDraw 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24 ↓1

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.