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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “collapse text”

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 “collapse text”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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

RobArt Text Collector shows at wp.org #5 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 18 places. Its 40+ 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

Advanced AJAX Product Filters places #12 on merit, 4.7★ from 387 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 Accordion FAQ – Compatible With All Page Builder (Elementor, Gutenberg) 30K+ · 4.6★ (676) wp.org #3 2 too low 2 Text Unfold For Elementor 3K+ · 4.6★ (7) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Read More Without Refresh 20K+ · 4.2★ (55) wp.org #4 ↑1 1 too low 4 Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder 400K+ · 3.9★ (104) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 Lightweight Accordion 10K+ · 5.0★ (60) wp.org #10 ↑1 5 too low 6 Copy Anything to Clipboard for WordPress – Copy Button, Copy Text & Copy Code 10K+ · 4.5★ (36) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 Button visually impaired 10K+ · 4.9★ (27) wp.org #8 ↓1 1 too low 8 PPOM – Product Addons & Custom Fields for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.5★ (283) wp.org #15 ↓6 7 too low 9 Collapse Magic 1K+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #2 7 too high 10 Notibar – Notification Bar for WordPress 8K+ · 4.8★ (71) wp.org #12 ↑1 2 too low 11 Nested Pages 90K+ · 4.7★ (126) wp.org #14 ↓6 3 too low 12 Advanced AJAX Product Filters 50K+ · 4.7★ (387) wp.org #20 ↓4 8 too low 13 Easy Accordion – AI-Powered FAQ & Accordion Blocks, Product FAQ 70K+ · 4.9★ (358) wp.org #23 ↓4 10 too low 14 Screen Reader Accessibility – WCAG, Text-to-Speech & AI Accessibility Fixes 600+ · 4.8★ (31) wp.org #11 ↓1 3 too high 15 Table of Contents Plus – Automatic Table of Contents for Posts & Pages 200K+ · 4.5★ (187) wp.org #24 9 too low 16 Accordions 20K+ · 4.5★ (90) wp.org #22 ↑2 6 too low 17 Bootstrap Shortcodes 4K+ · 5.0★ (23) wp.org #16 ↓1 1 too high 18 Accordions – Responsive Accordion & FAQ Plugin for WordPress 1K+ · 4.6★ (10) wp.org #9 ↑3 9 too high 19 Easy Accordion Block – Accordion, FAQ & Collapsible Content for the Block Editor 7K+ · 4.4★ (16) wp.org #13 ↑1 6 too high 20 Better Block Editor (BBE) 6K+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #17 ↑4 3 too high 21 Heroic Table of Contents 5K+ · 4.7★ (10) wp.org #18 ↓1 3 too high 22 Responsive Tabs — Horizontal, Vertical & Accordion Tabs for WordPress 2K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #21 ↑2 1 too high 23 RobArt Text Collector 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 ↓1 18 too high 24 ACF Admin Flexible Content Collapse 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #19 ↓1 5 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.