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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “full screen”

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 “full screen”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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

LLMs.txt and LLMs-Full.txt Generator shows at wp.org #12 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 4K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 7 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin places #4 on merit, 4.8★ from 8706 reviews, but shows at wp.org #10. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Full Screen Background 2K+ · 4.9★ (45) wp.org #1 2 AI Engine – MCP Server & AI Chatbot for WordPress, with Claude, ChatGPT & Gemini 90K+ · 4.9★ (874) wp.org #5 ↑4 3 too low 3 Maintenance 1M+ · 4.4★ (869) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin 4M+ · 4.8★ (8706) wp.org #10 6 too low 5 Stripe Payment Forms by WP Full Pay – Accept Credit Card Payments, Donations & Subscriptions 8K+ · 4.2★ (26) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 GDPR Cookie Compliance – Cookie Banner, Cookie Consent, Cookie Notice for CCPA, EU Cookie Law 300K+ · 4.6★ (205) wp.org #8 ↓3 2 too low 7 The SEO Framework – Fast, Automated, Effortless. 200K+ · 4.9★ (380) wp.org #9 2 too low 8 Screen Reader Accessibility – WCAG, Text-to-Speech & AI Accessibility Fixes 600+ · 4.8★ (31) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery 100K+ · 4.7★ (616) wp.org #14 ↑2 5 too low 10 Full Screen Galleries 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #2 8 too high 11 Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) 2M+ · 4.5★ (1440) wp.org #11 ↑7 12 Classic Editor 8M+ · 4.9★ (1251) wp.org #15 ↓1 3 too low 13 All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) wp.org #13 ↓2 14 Firelight Lightbox 200K+ · 4.8★ (361) wp.org #17 ↓2 3 too low 15 All-in-One WP Migration and Backup 5M+ · 4.5★ (7676) wp.org #20 ↑1 5 too low 16 FluentSMTP – WP Mail SMTP Plugin with Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Cloudflare, toSend, Gmail and Any SMTP 700K+ · 4.8★ (410) wp.org #16 ↓3 17 Add to Home Screen & Progressive Web App 1K+ · 3.7★ (25) wp.org #7 10 too high 18 PWA for WP – Progressive Web Apps Made Simple 10K+ · 4.6★ (230) wp.org #23 ↓4 5 too low 19 Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 600K+ · 4.8★ (333) wp.org #19 20 WP Accessibility 60K+ · 4.8★ (68) wp.org #21 1 too low 21 Webyx for Gutenberg – Fullpage Fullscreen Scrolling Websites 600+ · 4.8★ (53) wp.org #24 ↓1 3 too low 22 Webyx for Elementor – Fullpage Fullscreen Scrolling Websites 500+ · 5.0★ (16) wp.org #22 23 LLMs.txt and LLMs-Full.txt Generator 4K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #12 11 too high 24 CTC Masonry Gallery 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #18 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.