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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “hide/show 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/show text”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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 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

Hide Price and Add to Cart for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #12 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 800+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider places #10 on merit, 4.6★ from 743 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 Hide My WP Ghost – Security & Firewall 100K+ · 4.5★ (373) wp.org #1 2 WP Hide & Security Enhancer 50K+ · 4.3★ (275) wp.org #2 3 Text To Speech TTS Accessibility 4K+ · 4.8★ (92) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Disable Admin Notices – Hide Dashboard Notifications 100K+ · 4.7★ (367) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #10 5 too low 6 ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051) wp.org #9 3 too low 7 MM Title Manager — Hide Page and Post Titles 10K+ · 4.4★ (17) wp.org #3 4 too high 8 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #16 8 too low 9 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #20 11 too low 10 Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider 500K+ · 4.6★ (743) wp.org #24 14 too low 11 All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) wp.org #21 10 too low 12 Auto Alt Text 4K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #7 5 too high 13 Show only lowest prices in variable products for WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.8★ (28) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 Hide Cart Functions 3K+ · 4.6★ (14) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 Marquee Running Text 5K+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #5 10 too high 16 WP Hide Post — Hide Posts, Pages, Custom Post Types, and Control Products Visibility for WooCommerce 3K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #8 8 too high 17 Hide Dashboard Notifications 20K+ · 3.9★ (33) wp.org #18 1 too low 18 Text to Speech – TTSWP 200+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #17 1 too high 19 ELEX WooCommerce Product Price Custom Text (Before & After Text) and Discount 2K+ · 4.6★ (10) wp.org #19 20 Text Typing – grab attention with animated typing headlines 3K+ · 3.8★ (6) wp.org #14 6 too high 21 WP Hide Show Featured Image 3K+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #15 6 too high 22 Hide Price Until Login 1K+ · 3.5★ (24) wp.org #22 23 Show Me The Cookies 400+ · 4.8★ (4) wp.org #23 24 Hide Price and Add to Cart for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #12 12 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.