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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “heroicons”

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 “heroicons”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 3 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Callout shows at wp.org #16 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its 400+ 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 VK All in One Expansion Unit 100K+ · 4.0★ (7) wp.org #1 2 Share on Mastodon 1K+ · 4.8★ (10) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Mox Icons – Icon Pack for Elementor 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Block Animations, Motion & Scroll Effects – Ghost Kit 6K+ · 4.6★ (46) wp.org #21 17 too low 5 Podlove Podcast Publisher 3K+ · 4.3★ (45) wp.org #20 ↓1 15 too low 6 Subtle Icons – SVG Icon Block Suite, Icon Picker & ACF Field 600+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 Jooosi Icon – Modern SVG icon library for WordPress 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Open Icons for ACF (Lite) 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 ↑4 2 too high 9 Aculect Icon Library 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↓1 2 too high 10 SVG Heroicons Block 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 ↓1 2 too high 11 Partner Map Locator 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 2 too high 12 Conversion Blocks — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 1 too high 13 IconQuarry — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 Mosne Text to Speech Block — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 ↓1 4 too high 15 AnySVG – Custom icon widget for elementor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 2 too high 16 Clever Advertising Network Connector — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 ZenBlocks — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 2 too high 18 Bevel Kit — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 1 too high 19 GreenAudit — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 1 too high 20 Your Right Campaign Voter Outreach — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 1 too high 21 Callout 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↓1 5 too high 22 C Callout Boxes 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 1 too low 23 J Japanese Lorem Block — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1 1 too low 24 Actionwear products sync 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 ↓2 2 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.