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

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 buttons”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 of the top 20. 2 plugins are 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

Blog Floating Button shows at wp.org #2 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 8K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

WPZOOM Connect: Social Icons Widget & Block, Share Buttons & Click to Chat places #12 on merit, 4.9★ from 144 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322) wp.org #4 ↑2 3 too low 2 Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button – Chaty 300K+ · 5.0★ (1244) wp.org #9 ↑5 7 too low 3 Sticky Buttons – Floating Buttons Builder 10K+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 Simple Floating Menu 10K+ · 5.0★ (38) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too low 5 AddToAny Share Buttons 300K+ · 4.7★ (1114) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 Floating Chat Buttons – Click to Call or Chat, Email 1K+ · 4.9★ (54) wp.org #8 ↑1 2 too low 7 XT Floating Cart for WooCommerce 4K+ · 4.6★ (149) wp.org #14 ↑2 7 too low 8 Joinchat – Enhanced “click to chat” 700K+ · 4.7★ (189) wp.org #15 ↓3 7 too low 9 Floating Button – Easily Create Sticky, Fixed & Floating Buttons 4K+ · 3.0★ (15) wp.org #3 6 too high 10 Buttonizer – Floating Menus, Sticky Buttons, & Popup Builder 70K+ · 4.5★ (151) wp.org #10 ↓2 11 Chat Button & Custom ChatGPT-Powered Bot by GetButton.io 20K+ · 4.5★ (175) wp.org #18 ↑3 7 too low 12 WPZOOM Connect: Social Icons Widget & Block, Share Buttons & Click to Chat 90K+ · 4.9★ (144) wp.org #20 ↓10 8 too low 13 Animated Floating Chat Button 4K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #6 ↓1 7 too high 14 Call Now Button – The Free Click to Call Button for WordPress 200K+ · 4.8★ (102) wp.org #23 ↑1 9 too low 15 Ultimate Floating Widgets – Make popup sidebars 3K+ · 4.9★ (14) wp.org #12 ↑1 3 too high 16 Advanced Floating Content Lite 7K+ · 4.1★ (30) wp.org #13 ↑2 3 too high 17 Blog Floating Button 8K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 15 too high 18 Floating Contact Button for MAX and Telegram 1K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #16 ↑1 2 too high 19 Button Generator – Easily Create Custom Buttons with Icons and Analytics 4K+ · 4.3★ (18) wp.org #22 3 too low 20 Floating Contact Button 1K+ · 4.6★ (8) wp.org #11 9 too high 21 Bubble Menu – Floating Button Menu with Sticky Navigation 1K+ · 4.2★ (9) wp.org #21 ↑2 22 Bolt CTA Button – Floating Call Button for WordPress 2K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #17 ↑1 5 too high 23 Sticky Floating Forms Lite 800+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Chat Floating Button BY XD 400+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↑3 5 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.