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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “hide text”

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 “hide text”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 of the top 20. 3 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

Marquee Running Text shows at wp.org #8 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 5K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.6★ average from 5 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor places #9 on merit, 4.9★ from 2051 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WPS Hide Login 2M+ · 4.8★ (2111) wp.org #1 2 Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall 100K+ · 4.5★ (373) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 WP Hide & Security Enhancer 50K+ · 4.3★ (275) wp.org #3 ↓1 4 Text To Speech TTS Accessibility 4K+ · 4.8★ (92) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Easy Hide Login 20K+ · 4.4★ (43) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 Disable Admin Notices – Hide Dashboard Notifications 100K+ · 4.7★ (367) wp.org #11 ↓1 5 too low 7 Max Mega Menu 300K+ · 4.8★ (882) wp.org #13 ↑2 6 too low 8 MM Title Manager — Hide Page and Post Titles 10K+ · 4.4★ (17) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051) wp.org #24 ↓3 15 too low 10 Auto Alt Text 4K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #9 ↓1 1 too high 11 Text Unfold For Elementor 3K+ · 4.6★ (7) wp.org #7 4 too high 12 Bulk Auto Image Alt Text (Alt tag, Alt attribute) optimizer (image SEO) 10K+ · 4.2★ (111) wp.org #21 9 too low 13 Hide Drafts in Menus 1K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #12 ↓1 1 too high 14 Hide Cart Functions 3K+ · 4.6★ (14) wp.org #15 ↓3 1 too low 15 Hide Dashboard Notifications 20K+ · 3.9★ (33) wp.org #19 ↓5 4 too low 16 WP Hide Post — Hide Posts, Pages, Custom Post Types, and Control Products Visibility for WooCommerce 3K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #10 ↓1 6 too high 17 Text: AI chatbot, live chat & ticketing for customer service 100+ · 5.0★ (15) wp.org #23 ↓3 6 too low 18 Marquee Running Text 5K+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #8 ↑11 10 too high 19 Text to Speech – TTSWP 200+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #17 ↑6 2 too high 20 ELEX WooCommerce Product Price Custom Text (Before & After Text) and Discount 2K+ · 4.6★ (10) wp.org #18 ↓2 2 too high 21 Text Typing – grab attention with animated typing headlines 3K+ · 3.8★ (6) wp.org #14 ↓1 7 too high 22 Hide Price Until Login 1K+ · 3.5★ (24) wp.org #20 2 too high 23 Iconic Copy Text Blocks 400+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #22 ↓4 1 too high 24 Hide Price and Add to Cart for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #16 ↑1 8 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.