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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “chart”

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 “chart”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 5 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

WPC Product Size Chart for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #10 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 2K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor places #6 on merit, 4.9★ from 2051 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 wpDataTables – WordPress Data Table, Dynamic Tables & Table Charts Plugin 60K+ · 4.5★ (449) wp.org #1 2 WP Data Access – App Builder for Tables, Forms, Dashboards, Charts & Maps 10K+ · 4.9★ (88) wp.org #3 ↑3 1 too low 3 M Chart 3K+ · 4.9★ (28) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Chartify – WordPress Chart Plugin 3K+ · 4.9★ (28) wp.org #5 ↓2 1 too low 5 Organization chart 5K+ · 5.0★ (13) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051) wp.org #13 ↑2 7 too low 7 Visualizer – Tables & Charts Manager with Built-in AI Generator 20K+ · 4.4★ (225) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 FluentSMTP – WP Mail SMTP Plugin with Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Cloudflare, toSend, Gmail and Any SMTP 700K+ · 4.8★ (410) wp.org #11 ↓2 3 too low 9 Chart Block – Visualize Data with Bar, Line, Pie Charts 1K+ · 4.8★ (10) wp.org #6 ↓1 3 too high 10 Sizor Product Size Chart For WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.3★ (32) wp.org #7 3 too high 11 Simple Org Chart 900+ · 4.8★ (22) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 A amCharts: Charts and Maps 1K+ · 5.0★ (29) wp.org #18 ↓2 6 too low 13 Product Size Charts Plugin for WooCommerce 9K+ · 4.3★ (39) wp.org #12 ↑1 1 too high 14 Graphina – Charts and Graphs For Elementor 9K+ · 4.1★ (16) wp.org #15 ↓1 1 too low 15 SQL Chart Builder 500+ · 3.9★ (22) wp.org #16 1 too low 16 WEN Skill Charts 600+ · 4.5★ (6) wp.org #20 ↓1 4 too low 17 WPC Product Size Chart for WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #10 ↑1 7 too high 18 Stockdio Historical Chart 800+ · 3.9★ (7) wp.org #14 ↓1 4 too high 19 iChart – Easy Charts and Graphs 300+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #23 ↑1 4 too low 20 Stock market charts from finviz 400+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #22 2 too low 21 Ninja Charts – Interactive Charts and Graphs 3K+ · 3.0★ (6) wp.org #17 4 too high 22 Y Yes/No Chart 2K+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #21 ↓1 1 too high 23 Advanced Chart for Elementor 90+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↓1 4 too high 24 Size Chart Product For Woocommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24 ↓3

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.