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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “conditional menu”

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 “conditional menu”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 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

Conditional Payment Methods for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #4 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 1K+ 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

WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More places #6 on merit, 4.8★ from 14387 reviews, but shows at wp.org #14. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 C Conditional Menus 60K+ · 4.4★ (71) wp.org #1 2 Conditional Fields for Contact Form 7 100K+ · 4.8★ (166) wp.org #2 3 ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 Disqus Conditional Load 3K+ · 4.5★ (64) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation 400K+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #11 ↓1 6 too low 6 WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ · 4.8★ (14387) wp.org #14 8 too low 7 Block Visibility — Conditional Visibility Control for the Block Editor 40K+ · 4.9★ (108) wp.org #10 ↓2 3 too low 8 WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers + Custom Code Snippets – WordPress Code Manager 3M+ · 4.9★ (1915) wp.org #15 ↓3 7 too low 9 Advanced Sidebar Menu 10K+ · 4.5★ (37) wp.org #8 ↓1 1 too high 10 Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ · 4.8★ (612) wp.org #16 ↓3 6 too low 11 Conditional Blocks – Advanced Content Visibility Control for WordPress 2K+ · 4.9★ (15) wp.org #6 5 too high 12 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #20 8 too low 13 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #18 ↓2 5 too low 14 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #19 5 too low 15 Conditional Display for Mobile – Mobile Detect Plugin 1K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #9 6 too high 16 Different Menu in Different Pages – Conditional Menu 3K+ · 4.2★ (19) wp.org #13 ↓4 3 too high 17 Conditional Payment Methods for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #4 13 too high 18 Menu Visibility Control 700+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #7 ↑10 11 too high 19 Conditional Logic Emails, Fields, Redirect for Elementor Forms 2K+ · 4.3★ (12) wp.org #12 ↓1 7 too high 20 CF7 Mate – Contact Form 7 Styler, Multi-Step Forms & Conditional Logic 20K+ · 3.9★ (46) wp.org #24 4 too low 21 Bubble Menu – Floating Button Menu with Sticky Navigation 1K+ · 4.2★ (9) wp.org #17 ↓2 4 too high 22 Display During Conditional Shortcode 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #22 23 HT Menu – WordPress Mega Menu Builder for Elementor 3K+ · 2.8★ (9) wp.org #21 ↓3 2 too high 24 Conditional Shipping for WooCommerce: Restrict Shipping Options by Anything 300+ · 5.0★ (2) 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.