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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “fusion builder”

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 “fusion builder”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 of the top 20. 4 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

Fusion Page Builder : Extension – Gallery shows at wp.org #6 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 17 places. Its 600+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO places #7 on merit, 4.8★ from 1267 reviews, but shows at wp.org #18. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 FunnelKit – Funnel Builder Plugin for WooCommerce Checkout 30K+ · 5.0★ (1028) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Media Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your Media Library 90K+ · 4.6★ (779) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Fusion Page Builder 3K+ · 4.7★ (14) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 Logo Carousel – Responsive Logo Slider, Logo Showcase, and Clients Logo Gallery 20K+ · 4.7★ (162) wp.org #7 ↓2 3 too low 5 WS Form LITE – Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder 10K+ · 5.0★ (322) wp.org #11 6 too low 6 Simply Schedule Appointments 50K+ · 5.0★ (155) wp.org #12 ↑3 6 too low 7 SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO 300K+ · 4.8★ (1267) wp.org #18 ↑2 11 too low 8 Product Slider, Product Carousel and Product Grid Gallery for WooCommerce – Reno Product Slider (formerly Product Slider for WooCommerce) 20K+ · 4.7★ (280) wp.org #10 2 too low 9 Product Category Slider & Grid for WooCommerce – Reno Product Category 9K+ · 4.8★ (91) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 SilentShield – Captcha & Anti-Spam for WordPress (CF7, WPForms, Elementor, WooCommerce) 10K+ · 4.7★ (24) wp.org #5 ↑2 5 too high 11 Download Monitor 80K+ · 4.5★ (525) wp.org #19 ↑2 8 too low 12 Robo Gallery – Photo & Image Slider 40K+ · 4.3★ (406) wp.org #17 ↑1 5 too low 13 Block Visibility — Conditional Visibility Control for the Block Editor 40K+ · 4.9★ (108) wp.org #16 ↑1 3 too low 14 Uncanny Automator – AI + Automation for WordPress | AI Agent, AI Page Builder, Free AI Usage Included 40K+ · 4.9★ (157) wp.org #14 15 Promolayer – Popup Builder & Abandonment Preventer 1K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #4 11 too high 16 Bulk Page Generator and Mass Page Builder – Page Generator 3K+ · 4.6★ (70) wp.org #9 7 too high 17 WP Image Zoom 10K+ · 4.3★ (119) wp.org #21 ↑1 4 too low 18 Glossary 2K+ · 4.7★ (84) wp.org #24 6 too low 19 Broken Link Checker by AIOSEO – Find & Fix Broken Internal, External & Video Links 200K+ · 3.8★ (87) wp.org #15 ↓3 4 too high 20 Tangible: Loops & Logic 2K+ · 4.9★ (39) wp.org #23 3 too low 21 Image Source Control Lite – Show Image Credits and Captions 3K+ · 4.6★ (42) wp.org #22 ↑1 1 too low 22 Groovy Menu Plugin (Free) 4K+ · 3.6★ (25) wp.org #13 9 too high 23 Fusion Page Builder : Extension – Gallery 600+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 17 too high 24 Agent Abilities for MCP – Connect Claude and ChatGPT with Permission Controls and Audit Log 800+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #20 ↓1 4 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.