wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “arrow icon”
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 “arrow icon”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 7 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
Scroll Down Arrow shows at wp.org #2 but places #15 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 900+ 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.
Menu Icons by Themeisle – Add Icons to Navigation Menus 100K+ · 4.9★ (851)
wp.org #1 ↑1 2 
Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button – Chaty 300K+ · 5.0★ (1244)
wp.org #3 ↑1 1 too low 3 
WPZOOM Connect: Social Icons Widget & Block, Share Buttons & Click to Chat 90K+ · 4.9★ (144)
wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too low 4 
Max Mega Menu 300K+ · 4.8★ (882)
wp.org #6 ↓1 2 too low 5 
Carousel Slider Block for Gutenberg 50K+ · 4.8★ (59)
wp.org #5 ↑1 6 
Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 600K+ · 4.8★ (333)
wp.org #7 ↑1 1 too low 7 
Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680)
wp.org #10 ↓1 3 too low 8 
ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051)
wp.org #9 ↓2 1 too low 9 
Logo Carousel – Responsive Logo Slider, Logo Showcase, and Clients Logo Gallery 20K+ · 4.7★ (162)
wp.org #8 1 too high 10 
Unlimited Elements for Elementor 300K+ · 4.8★ (525)
wp.org #12 ↑11 2 too low 11 
Smart Slider 3 800K+ · 4.9★ (1125)
wp.org #13 ↑3 2 too low 12 
Team Members – A WordPress Team Plugin with Gallery, Grid, Carousel, Slider, Table, List, and More 2K+ · 4.7★ (91)
wp.org #14 ↓2 2 too low 13 
Otter Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks, Page Builder for Gutenberg Editor & FSE 300K+ · 4.7★ (251)
wp.org #18 ↓7 5 too low 14 
Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ · 4.8★ (612)
wp.org #22 ↑2 8 too low 15 Scroll Down Arrow 900+ · 5.0★ (2) thin reviews
wp.org #2 ↓1 13 too high 16 
Easy Social Icons 20K+ · 4.4★ (84)
wp.org #16 ↓7 17 
Divi Torque Lite 50K+ · 4.7★ (116)
wp.org #23 6 too low 18 P Post Carousel Slider for Elementor 3K+ · 4.5★ (50)
wp.org #20 ↓2 2 too low 19 
Piotnet Addons For Elementor 20K+ · 3.2★ (57)
wp.org #21 ↑1 2 too low 20 
MetaSlider Gallery – Image Gallery, Lightbox Galleries, Video Galleries 10K+ · 4.4★ (9) thin reviews
wp.org #24 ↓5 4 too low 21 
Block for Font Awesome Icons – Searchable Icon Picker, SVG, FA 7 1K+ · 3.7★ (6) thin reviews
wp.org #11 10 too high 22 
Simple Slider Block – Create Sliders From Core Blocks 600+ · 5.0★ (5) thin reviews
wp.org #17 ↓3 5 too high 23 
Swipe Slider – Make dynamic slider with solid, gradient, or image background 3K+ · 5.0★ (2) thin reviews
wp.org #19 ↓4 4 too high 24 
Click to top 2K+ · 2.0★ (2) thin reviews
wp.org #15 ↓1 9 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.