wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “floating image”
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 image”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 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
F12 Floating Menu, sticky menu for WordPress shows at wp.org #12 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 300+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 4 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.
Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322)
wp.org #1 2 
Simple Floating Menu 10K+ · 5.0★ (38)
wp.org #2 3 
TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation 400K+ · 4.7★ (1667)
wp.org #6 3 too low 4 
XT Floating Cart for WooCommerce 4K+ · 4.6★ (149)
wp.org #4 5 
My Sticky Bar – Floating Notification Bar & Sticky Header (formerly myStickymenu) 100K+ · 4.9★ (1199)
wp.org #8 3 too low 6 
Floating Chat Buttons – Click to Call or Chat, Email 1K+ · 4.9★ (54)
wp.org #5 1 too high 7 
Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4962)
wp.org #10 ↑2 3 too low 8 
Buttonizer – Floating Menus, Sticky Buttons, & Popup Builder 70K+ · 4.5★ (151)
wp.org #7 1 too high 9 
Ultimate Floating Widgets – Make popup sidebars 3K+ · 4.9★ (14) thin reviews
wp.org #3 6 too high 10 
Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680)
wp.org #13 3 too low 11 
Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button – Chaty 300K+ · 5.0★ (1244)
wp.org #14 ↑1 3 too low 12 
Fuse Social Icons 10K+ · 4.6★ (58)
wp.org #9 3 too high 13 
Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ · 4.8★ (3221)
wp.org #20 ↑2 7 too low 14 
ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051)
wp.org #16 ↑2 2 too low 15 
All-in-one Sticky Floating Contact Form, Call, Click to Chat, and 50+ Social Icon Tabs – My Sticky Elements 40K+ · 4.9★ (542)
wp.org #19 ↑2 4 too low 16 
Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads 300K+ · 4.9★ (2433)
wp.org #24 8 too low 17 
AddToAny Share Buttons 300K+ · 4.7★ (1114)
wp.org #22 ↓3 5 too low 18 
Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ · 4.8★ (612)
wp.org #23 ↓3 5 too low 19 
Ultimate Before After Image Slider & Gallery – BEAF 30K+ · 4.9★ (107)
wp.org #21 ↓5 2 too low 20 
Floating Social Share Icons and Social Share buttons – Next Previous Post Links – FL 200+ · 4.7★ (73)
wp.org #17 ↑7 3 too high 21 
Addonify Floating Cart For WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.7★ (15) thin reviews
wp.org #11 ↓1 10 too high 22 
Floating Cart Product For WooCommerce 300+ · 4.3★ (7) thin reviews
wp.org #15 ↓1 7 too high 23 F12 Floating Menu, sticky menu for WordPress 300+ · 5.0★ (4) thin reviews
wp.org #12 ↓1 11 too high 24 
Floating Follow Button for TikTok and TikCode 100+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews
wp.org #18 ↓1 6 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.