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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “floating button”

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 “floating button”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 of the top 20. 1 plugin is pushed down for signals wp.org ignores: errors, a host-installed base, or removal risk.

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

Sticky Buttons – Floating Buttons Builder shows at wp.org #8 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 10K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.7★ average from 6 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

XT Floating Cart for WooCommerce places #12 on merit, 4.6★ from 149 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Call Now Button – The Free Click to Call Button for WordPress 200K+ · 4.8★ (102) wp.org #3 2 too low 2 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322) wp.org #6 4 too low 3 Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button – Chaty 300K+ · 5.0★ (1244) wp.org #12 ↑6 9 too low 4 Buttonizer – Floating Menus, Sticky Buttons, & Popup Builder 70K+ · 4.5★ (151) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Floating Button – Easily Create Sticky, Fixed & Floating Buttons 4K+ · 3.0★ (15) wp.org #2 3 too high 6 Simple Floating Menu 10K+ · 5.0★ (38) wp.org #9 3 too low 7 AddToAny Share Buttons 300K+ · 4.7★ (1114) wp.org #11 4 too low 8 Chat Button & Custom ChatGPT-Powered Bot by GetButton.io 20K+ · 4.5★ (175) wp.org #14 ↓1 6 too low 9 Animated Floating Chat Button 4K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #4 5 too high 10 Joinchat – Enhanced “click to chat” 700K+ · 4.7★ (189) wp.org #18 ↓4 8 too low 11 Blog Floating Button 8K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #1 10 too high 12 XT Floating Cart for WooCommerce 4K+ · 4.6★ (149) wp.org #24 12 too low 13 WP Call Button – Easy Click to Call Button for WordPress 40K+ · 4.7★ (69) wp.org #21 ↓1 8 too low 14 Bolt CTA Button – Floating Call Button for WordPress 2K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #7 7 too high 15 Button Generator – Easily Create Custom Buttons with Icons and Analytics 4K+ · 4.3★ (18) wp.org #15 16 Ultimate Floating Widgets – Make popup sidebars 3K+ · 4.9★ (14) wp.org #17 ↑2 1 too low 17 Floating Contact Button for MAX and Telegram 1K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #13 ↓1 4 too high 18 Buttonizer – Live Chat, AI Chatbot, Call, Chat, Contact Button 50K+ · 5.0★ (23) wp.org #19 ↑2 1 too low 19 Sticky Buttons – Floating Buttons Builder 10K+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #8 11 too high 20 Back Button Widget 4K+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #20 21 Floating Contact Button 1K+ · 4.6★ (8) wp.org #10 11 too high 22 Advanced Floating Content Lite 7K+ · 4.1★ (30) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 Bubble Menu – Floating Button Menu with Sticky Navigation 1K+ · 4.2★ (9) wp.org #22 1 too high 24 Chat Floating Button BY XD 400+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↑1 8 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.