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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “center scroll”

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 “center scroll”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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 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

Scroll to Top – Smooth Scroll Up, Back to Top & Reading Progress Bar shows at wp.org #5 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 60+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Unlimited Elements for Elementor places #5 on merit, 4.8★ from 525 reviews, but shows at wp.org #13. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1668) wp.org #1 2 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Smooth Page Scroll Up/Down Buttons 2K+ · 5.0★ (21) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Click to Chat – HoliThemes 600K+ · 4.8★ (131) wp.org #8 ↓1 4 too low 5 Unlimited Elements for Elementor 300K+ · 4.8★ (525) wp.org #13 ↓3 8 too low 6 Logo Carousel – Responsive Logo Slider, Logo Showcase, and Clients Logo Gallery 20K+ · 4.7★ (162) wp.org #11 5 too low 7 AI-Powered Carousel, Slider, Video & Photo Gallery Blocks by WP Carousel 60K+ · 4.7★ (434) wp.org #15 8 too low 8 Product Feed Manager for WooCommerce – CTX Feed – Support 220+ Shopping, AI & Social Channels 90K+ · 4.6★ (838) wp.org #10 ↓4 2 too low 9 AnimateGL – WebGL & CSS Scroll Animations and Hover Effects for Gutenberg and Elementor 2K+ · 5.0★ (22) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 600K+ · 4.8★ (333) wp.org #12 ↑1 2 too low 11 Smooth Back To Top Button 40K+ · 4.9★ (31) wp.org #17 ↓2 6 too low 12 SmartParallax – Parallax Scroll Effects & Scroll Animations 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #4 ↑5 8 too high 13 Float menu – awesome floating side menu 30K+ · 4.4★ (41) wp.org #18 ↓1 5 too low 14 Product Feed Manager for WooCommerce – RexFeed – Sell on 200+ Shopping Channels 10K+ · 4.8★ (256) wp.org #23 ↓2 9 too low 15 Options for Twenty Seventeen 8K+ · 4.8★ (57) wp.org #24 ↓2 9 too low 16 Conversios – GA4, Google Ads & Meta Conversion Tracking with Product Feed for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.3★ (206) wp.org #21 ↓2 5 too low 17 WP Maps – Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Mapbox, Store Locator with Search, Filters & Listings 60K+ · 4.3★ (122) wp.org #19 ↓3 2 too low 18 Logo Showcase – Responsive Logo Carousel, Logo Slider & Logo Grid 5K+ · 4.6★ (10) wp.org #16 ↓2 2 too high 19 T Themify Popup 8K+ · 4.9★ (11) wp.org #22 ↓2 3 too low 20 Advanced Popups 60K+ · 4.0★ (9) wp.org #20 ↓2 21 Scroll to Top – Smooth Scroll Up, Back to Top & Reading Progress Bar 60+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 ↓1 16 too high 22 Arts Horizontal Scroll for Elementor 70+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 ↓1 16 too high 23 Scroll To Top 300+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #9 ↓1 14 too high 24 Etchenet Scroll Video Background Builder 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↓3 10 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.