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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “gutenberg plugin”

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 “gutenberg plugin”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 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

No Gutenberg? – Choose Where to Use the Block Editor or the Classic Editor shows at wp.org #8 but places #15 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 9K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 16 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Spectra Legacy – Gutenberg Blocks 1M+ · 4.7★ (1872) wp.org #1 2 Disable Gutenberg 500K+ · 5.0★ (735) wp.org #2 3 Widgets for Google Reviews 1M+ · 4.9★ (2667) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 600K+ · 4.8★ (333) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Stackable – Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks 100K+ · 4.9★ (522) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 Otter Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks, Page Builder for Gutenberg Editor & FSE 300K+ · 4.7★ (251) wp.org #6 7 Gutenberg 400K+ · 2.1★ (3888) wp.org #3 4 too high 8 Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns 100K+ · 4.9★ (216) wp.org #9 1 too low 9 All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) wp.org #11 ↓1 2 too low 10 Starter Templates: AI-Powered Website Templates for Elementor & Gutenberg 1M+ · 4.9★ (4755) wp.org #12 2 too low 11 PublishPress Blocks – Block Controls, Block Visibility, Block Permissions 20K+ · 4.7★ (204) wp.org #10 ↑1 1 too high 12 Members – Membership & User Role Editor Plugin 300K+ · 4.9★ (1281) wp.org #14 2 too low 13 SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO 300K+ · 4.8★ (1268) wp.org #19 6 too low 14 Plugin Organizer 10K+ · 4.7★ (227) wp.org #16 2 too low 15 No Gutenberg? – Choose Where to Use the Block Editor or the Classic Editor 9K+ · 5.0★ (16) wp.org #8 7 too high 16 Getwid – Gutenberg Blocks 50K+ · 4.7★ (115) wp.org #21 ↓1 5 too low 17 Map Block for Google Maps 20K+ · 4.6★ (21) wp.org #13 4 too high 18 Carousel Slider Block for Gutenberg 50K+ · 4.8★ (59) wp.org #23 5 too low 19 Premium Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates 2K+ · 4.8★ (41) wp.org #22 ↓1 3 too low 20 Custom Fields for Gutenberg 1K+ · 4.9★ (17) wp.org #18 2 too high 21 WP Plugin Manager – Deactivate plugins per page 3K+ · 4.4★ (23) wp.org #20 ↑2 1 too high 22 F FAQ Block For Gutenberg 4K+ · 4.4★ (8) wp.org #15 7 too high 23 Disable Gutenberg Autosave 2K+ · 4.4★ (11) wp.org #17 6 too high 24 Editor Blocks by Download Manager 5K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24

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.