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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “filter 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 “filter menu”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 3 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

Fixed Bottom Menu shows at wp.org #16 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its 4K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 11 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Filter Everything — WordPress & WooCommerce Filters 50K+ · 4.6★ (154) wp.org #1 2 Admin Menu Editor 300K+ · 4.6★ (312) wp.org #2 3 Max Mega Menu 300K+ · 4.8★ (882) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Category AJAX Filter – Posts, Custom Post Types & Product Filter 6K+ · 4.9★ (158) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Menu Icons by Themeisle – Add Icons to Navigation Menus 100K+ · 4.9★ (851) wp.org #5 6 Nav Menu Roles 70K+ · 4.9★ (219) wp.org #6 7 Search & Filter 40K+ · 4.5★ (175) wp.org #7 8 WP Mobile Menu – The Mobile-Friendly Responsive Menu 70K+ · 4.7★ (256) wp.org #9 1 too low 9 Portfolio Filter Gallery – Photo Gallery 20K+ · 4.8★ (348) wp.org #11 2 too low 10 Blog Filter – Post Grid Filter by Category or Tag 7K+ · 4.9★ (81) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 WP Responsive Menu 30K+ · 4.3★ (100) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 Menu Cart for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.6★ (99) wp.org #13 1 too low 13 Simple Floating Menu 10K+ · 5.0★ (38) wp.org #15 2 too low 14 Iks Menu – WordPress Category Accordion Menu & FAQs 10K+ · 5.0★ (27) wp.org #14 15 Filter Gallery 3K+ · 4.6★ (22) wp.org #12 3 too high 16 Advanced Sidebar Menu 10K+ · 4.5★ (37) wp.org #18 ↑2 2 too low 17 Admin Menu Tree Page View 10K+ · 4.6★ (48) wp.org #22 ↑1 5 too low 18 Themify – WooCommerce Product Filter 20K+ · 3.5★ (72) wp.org #19 1 too low 19 WP Menu Cart 8K+ · 4.8★ (23) wp.org #20 ↑1 1 too low 20 Admin Menu Search 3K+ · 4.9★ (14) wp.org #17 3 too high 21 Fixed Bottom Menu 4K+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #16 5 too high 22 SlickNav Mobile Menu 3K+ · 4.8★ (24) wp.org #21 ↑1 1 too high 23 Restaurant Menu and Food Ordering 2K+ · 4.5★ (15) wp.org #23 ↑1 24 VK Filter Search 6K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #24

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.