wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “enable 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 “enable menu”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 5 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

Enable Responsive Image shows at wp.org #15 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 5 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) places #10 on merit, 5.0★ from 423 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin signals wp.org

Enable Media Replace 600K+ · 4.4★ (302) wp.org #1 2

Admin Menu Editor 300K+ · 4.6★ (312) wp.org #3 1 too low 3

Max Mega Menu 300K+ · 4.8★ (882) wp.org #4 1 too low 4

Menu Icons by Themeisle – Add Icons to Navigation Menus 100K+ · 4.9★ (851) wp.org #5 1 too low 5

Enable Abilities for MCP 5K+ · 5.0★ (17) thin reviews wp.org #2 3 too high 6

Sticky Menu & Sticky Header 90K+ · 4.7★ (763) wp.org #6 7

Responsive Menu – Mobile Menu & Hamburger Menu Builder 70K+ · 4.5★ (574) wp.org #7 8

WP Mobile Menu – The Mobile-Friendly Responsive Menu 70K+ · 4.7★ (256) wp.org #8 9

WP Responsive Menu 30K+ · 4.3★ (100) wp.org #9 10

Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #16 6 too low 11

Menu Cart for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.6★ (99) wp.org #11 12

Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322) not PHP-currentheavy footprint wp.org #13 1 too low 13

User Menus – Nav Menu Visibility 80K+ · 5.0★ (1281) wp.org #24 11 too low 14

ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051) wp.org #21 7 too low 15

Float menu – awesome floating side menu 30K+ · 4.4★ (41) wp.org #10 5 too high 16

Simple Floating Menu 10K+ · 5.0★ (38) wp.org #14 2 too high 17

WP Bottom Menu 20K+ · 4.5★ (23) thin reviews wp.org #12 5 too high 18

Food Menu – Restaurant Menu & Online Ordering for WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (24) thin reviews wp.org #18 19

WP Menu Cart 8K+ · 4.8★ (23) thin reviews wp.org #17 2 too high 20

Five Star Restaurant Menu and Food Ordering 5K+ · 4.6★ (107) throws errorsnot PHP-current wp.org #20 21

Offcanvas Mobile Menu 800+ · 4.9★ (18) thin reviews wp.org #19 2 too high 22

Enable Responsive Image 1K+ · 5.0★ (5) thin reviews wp.org #15 7 too high 23

Groovy Menu Plugin (Free) 4K+ · 3.6★ (25) wp.org #23 24

Enable virtual card upload – vcf,vcard 7K+ · 4.0★ (4) thin reviews wp.org #22 2 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.