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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “custom breakpoints”

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 “custom breakpoints”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 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

Responsive Visibility — Show or Hide Blocks by Device, Custom Breakpoints & Conditions shows at wp.org #4 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.5★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

AddToAny Share Buttons places #8 on merit, 4.7★ from 1114 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 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322) wp.org #1 2 ECS – Ele Custom Skin for Elementor 100K+ · 4.6★ (117) wp.org #2 3 Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery 100K+ · 4.7★ (616) wp.org #9 ↓1 6 too low 4 Max Mega Menu 300K+ · 4.8★ (882) wp.org #11 ↑1 7 too low 5 Gutenverse – WordPress Blocks, Page Builder & Site Editor 20K+ · 4.9★ (190) wp.org #10 ↓1 5 too low 6 Smart Slider 3 800K+ · 4.9★ (1125) wp.org #14 ↑1 8 too low 7 CodeKit – Custom Codes Editor 7K+ · 4.8★ (16) wp.org #5 ↓1 2 too high 8 AddToAny Share Buttons 300K+ · 4.7★ (1114) wp.org #20 ↓1 12 too low 9 ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051) wp.org #19 ↑3 10 too low 10 Greenshift – animation and page builder blocks 70K+ · 4.8★ (107) wp.org #16 ↑2 6 too low 11 Bit Form – Contact Form, Payment Forms, Multi Step Forms, Calculator & Custom Form Builder 10K+ · 5.0★ (259) wp.org #23 12 too low 12 Better Block Editor (BBE) 6K+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #7 5 too high 13 GutenKit – Page Builder Blocks, Patterns, and Templates for Gutenberg Block Editor 80K+ · 4.5★ (48) wp.org #13 14 Custom Layouts – Post + Product grids made easy 3K+ · 5.0★ (25) wp.org #12 ↓2 2 too high 15 Custom Site Logo 1K+ · 4.7★ (9) wp.org #6 9 too high 16 YMC Filter 4K+ · 4.8★ (34) wp.org #18 ↓4 2 too low 17 Custom Breakpoints for Elementor 300+ · 2.2★ (13) wp.org #3 14 too high 18 Bootstrap Blocks 10K+ · 5.0★ (28) wp.org #21 ↓1 3 too low 19 Responsive Visibility — Show or Hide Blocks by Device, Custom Breakpoints & Conditions 100+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #4 ↑1 15 too high 20 Ollie Menu Designer 6K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #22 ↓1 2 too low 21 Custom CSS for Elementor 5K+ · 4.0★ (9) wp.org #17 4 too high 22 Advanced Custom CSS for Elementor 200+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #8 ↑3 14 too high 23 Block Responsive – Make Editor Blocks Responsive Easily 800+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #24 ↓1 1 too low 24 Visibility Controls for Editor Blocks 900+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #15 ↑1 9 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.