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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “divi plugins”

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 plugins”, we agree with wp.org 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

Table for Divi shows at wp.org #7 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 17 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.7★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO places #10 on merit, 4.8★ from 1268 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Popups for Divi 100K+ · 4.8★ (442) wp.org #1 ↑3 2 UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin 4M+ · 4.8★ (8708) wp.org #2 ↓1 3 Divi Torque Lite 50K+ · 4.7★ (116) wp.org #3 ↓1 4 Supreme Modules Lite – Divi Theme, Extra Theme and Divi Builder 100K+ · 4.8★ (109) wp.org #4 ↓1 5 Divi Carousel Lite – Make Carousels for Divi 5 30K+ · 4.8★ (146) wp.org #5 6 All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) wp.org #13 ↓3 7 too low 7 Simple Divi Shortcode 10K+ · 5.0★ (23) wp.org #6 ↑1 1 too high 8 GiveWP – Donation Plugin and Fundraising Platform 100K+ · 4.6★ (708) wp.org #18 ↓8 10 too low 9 WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin 1M+ · 4.9★ (4229) wp.org #19 10 too low 10 SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO 300K+ · 4.8★ (1268) wp.org #22 12 too low 11 Freesoul Deactivate Plugins – Disable plugins on individual WordPress pages 8K+ · 4.8★ (104) wp.org #15 ↓1 4 too low 12 Flip Cards Module For Divi 3K+ · 4.9★ (32) wp.org #11 1 too high 13 Lightbox Images for Divi Enhanced 4K+ · 5.0★ (15) wp.org #9 4 too high 14 Breadcrumbs Divi Module 10K+ · 4.5★ (14) wp.org #8 6 too high 15 Post Carousel Divi 2K+ · 4.9★ (12) wp.org #10 5 too high 16 Squad Modules Lite – Free Divi 5 & Divi 4 Modules for Divi Builder 1K+ · 5.0★ (12) wp.org #12 4 too high 17 Overlay Image Divi Module 2K+ · 5.0★ (17) wp.org #16 1 too high 18 Surbma | Divi & Gravity Forms 9K+ · 5.0★ (21) wp.org #23 ↓5 5 too low 19 Divi Carousel Lite – Responsive Carousel & Slider Modules for Divi Builder 6K+ · 4.0★ (20) wp.org #21 ↑1 2 too low 20 Timeline Module for Divi 3K+ · 4.8★ (9) wp.org #17 ↓1 3 too high 21 Contact Form DB Divi 4K+ · 3.9★ (9) wp.org #14 ↑1 7 too high 22 Events Calendar Modules for Divi 2K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #24 ↓3 2 too low 23 Layouts for Divi 1K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #20 ↑1 3 too high 24 Table for Divi 1K+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #7 ↓1 17 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.