wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “divi header”
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 “divi header”, 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
Language Switcher for Polylang – Elementor, Gutenberg, & Divi shows at wp.org #8 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 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 #12 on merit, 4.8★ from 14387 reviews, but shows at wp.org #22. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.
Popups for Divi 100K+ · 4.8★ (442)
wp.org #1 ↑1 2 
Divi Torque Lite 50K+ · 4.7★ (116)
wp.org #2 ↓1 3 
Supreme Modules Lite – Divi Theme, Extra Theme and Divi Builder 100K+ · 4.8★ (109)
wp.org #3 4 
Widgets for Google Reviews 1M+ · 4.9★ (2667)
wp.org #5 1 too low 5 
Content Visibility for Divi Builder 2K+ · 4.8★ (101)
wp.org #6 ↓1 1 too low 6 
My Sticky Bar – Floating Notification Bar & Sticky Header (formerly myStickymenu) 100K+ · 4.9★ (1199)
wp.org #11 ↓3 5 too low 7 
The Events Calendar 600K+ · 4.2★ (2461)
wp.org #12 ↓3 5 too low 8 
Squad Modules Lite – Free Divi 5 & Divi 4 Modules for Divi Builder 1K+ · 5.0★ (12) thin reviews
wp.org #4 4 too high 9 
Filter Everything — WordPress & WooCommerce Filters 50K+ · 4.6★ (154)
wp.org #13 4 too low 10 
Max Mega Menu 300K+ · 4.8★ (882)
wp.org #18 ↑3 8 too low 11 
Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1667)
wp.org #16 ↑6 5 too low 12 WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ · 4.8★ (14387)
wp.org #22 ↓3 10 too low 13 
Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed – Easy Social Feeds Plugin 1M+ · 4.9★ (4358)
wp.org #20 ↓5 7 too low 14 
Smash Balloon Social Post Feed – Simple Social Feeds for WordPress 100K+ · 4.7★ (1511)
wp.org #24 10 too low 15 
WP Rollback – Rollback Plugins and Themes 200K+ · 4.9★ (215)
wp.org #19 ↓3 4 too low 16 
CF7 Mate – Contact Form 7 Styler, Multi-Step Forms & Conditional Logic 20K+ · 3.9★ (46)
wp.org #9 ↑1 7 too high 17 
hCaptcha for WP 70K+ · 4.6★ (88)
wp.org #17 18 
GSheetConnector – CF7 Google Sheets Connector & Save CF7 Entries to Database 40K+ · 4.4★ (129)
wp.org #21 3 too low 19 
Royal MCP – Secure AI Connector for Claude, ChatGPT & any LLM via MCP 10K+ · 5.0★ (7) thin reviews
wp.org #23 ↓5 4 too low 20 
Logo Switcher Divi 200+ · 5.0★ (2) thin reviews
wp.org #7 13 too high 21 
JHMG AI Editor for Divi 5 100+ · 5.0★ (4) thin reviews
wp.org #14 ↓2 7 too high 22 
Surbma | Divi Extras 1K+ · 4.0★ (4) thin reviews
wp.org #10 ↓3 12 too high 23 Language Switcher for Polylang – Elementor, Gutenberg, & Divi 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) thin reviews
wp.org #8 ↓2 15 too high 24 
JHMG Converter For Elementor to Divi 5 100+ · 4.0★ (1) thin reviews
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.