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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “beaver themer”

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 “beaver themer”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 16 of the top 20. 2 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

Expandable Row for Beaver Builder shows at wp.org #6 but places #15 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 900+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.3★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Responsive Menu – Create Mobile-Friendly Menu places #7 on merit, 4.5★ from 573 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Beaver Builder Page Builder – Drag and Drop Website Builder 100K+ · 4.7★ (394) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Pods Beaver Themer Add-On 8K+ · 5.0★ (35) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields 100K+ · 4.8★ (418) wp.org #3 4 Ultimate Addons for Beaver Builder – Lite 20K+ · 5.0★ (331) wp.org #4 5 Tangible: Loops & Logic 2K+ · 4.9★ (39) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 LuckyWP Table of Contents 100K+ · 4.9★ (885) wp.org #13 7 too low 7 Responsive Menu – Create Mobile-Friendly Menu 70K+ · 4.5★ (573) wp.org #20 13 too low 8 Timeline Module for Beaver Builder 2K+ · 4.6★ (10) wp.org #5 3 too high 9 Frontend Admin by DynamiApps 8K+ · 4.5★ (159) wp.org #15 6 too low 10 Admin Page Spider 1K+ · 4.8★ (22) wp.org #16 6 too low 11 CB Custom Beaver Builder Modules 1K+ · 5.0★ (15) wp.org #24 13 too low 12 Alerts for Beaver Builder 500+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #8 4 too high 13 Cards for Beaver Builder 1K+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #7 6 too high 14 Event Koi Lite – Events Calendar, Event Management, RSVP, and Tickets 80+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #17 3 too low 15 Expandable Row for Beaver Builder 900+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #6 9 too high 16 Easy ACF Connect For Themer 100+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #22 6 too low 17 Xpro Addons For Beaver Builder – Lite 700+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 7 too high 18 MB Beaver Builder Integration 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 7 too high 19 Integration for Beaver Themer 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 7 too high 20 Conditional Logic for Beaver Builder and Woo Memberships 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 6 too high 21 JHMG Converter For Beaver Builder to Divi 5 — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 3 too high 22 Jalandhar Table of Contents — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 3 too high 23 Cookie Connector For Themer 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 2 too high 24 NetterTech Events — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 1 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.