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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “disable fullscreen”

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 “disable fullscreen”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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

Simple YouTube Embed shows at wp.org #11 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 4K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.2★ average from 15 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

FooGallery Photo Gallery : Image, Video & Masonry Galleries places #12 on merit, 4.8★ from 995 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Disable Bloat for WordPress & WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.8★ (100) wp.org #4 3 too low 2 Fullscreen Galleria 800+ · 4.8★ (15) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 Disable Block Editor FullScreen mode 1K+ · 4.3★ (8) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 Full Screen Background 2K+ · 4.9★ (45) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Fullscreen Menu 2K+ · 4.7★ (14) wp.org #3 ↓1 2 too high 6 Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder 70K+ · 4.6★ (235) wp.org #6 7 Webyx for Gutenberg – Fullpage Fullscreen Scrolling Websites 600+ · 4.8★ (53) wp.org #8 ↓1 1 too low 8 Table Field Add-on for ACF and SCF 50K+ · 4.9★ (60) wp.org #10 2 too low 9 CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin by NiteoThemes 200K+ · 4.7★ (326) wp.org #14 5 too low 10 Webyx for Elementor – Fullpage Fullscreen Scrolling Websites 500+ · 5.0★ (16) wp.org #7 ↑1 3 too high 11 WP Popups – WordPress Popup builder 30K+ · 4.9★ (112) wp.org #17 ↑1 6 too low 12 FooGallery Photo Gallery : Image, Video & Masonry Galleries 100K+ · 4.8★ (995) wp.org #19 ↓2 7 too low 13 Photo Gallery – GT3 Image Gallery & Gutenberg Block Gallery 10K+ · 4.8★ (147) wp.org #15 2 too low 14 PDF.js Viewer 20K+ · 4.4★ (53) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 Black Studio TinyMCE Widget 200K+ · 4.8★ (191) wp.org #22 ↑2 7 too low 16 HTML Editor Syntax Highlighter 60K+ · 4.4★ (110) wp.org #18 ↑1 2 too low 17 Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery 300K+ · 4.3★ (4342) wp.org #24 ↓1 7 too low 18 Hide Admin Bar Based on User Roles – Disable the WordPress Toolbar by Role or Capability 20K+ · 3.9★ (20) wp.org #9 9 too high 19 PDF Poster – Let visitors read PDF’s without leaving the page 20K+ · 4.5★ (149) wp.org #23 ↓3 4 too low 20 T Themify Popup 8K+ · 4.9★ (11) wp.org #12 8 too high 21 Simple YouTube Embed 4K+ · 4.2★ (15) wp.org #11 10 too high 22 Unbloater 5K+ · 5.0★ (17) wp.org #16 6 too high 23 WP Bottom Menu 20K+ · 4.5★ (23) wp.org #20 ↑1 3 too high 24 Sokol: Smart WooCommerce Search 5K+ · 4.4★ (24) wp.org #21 ↑1 3 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.