wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “horizontal scroll”

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 “horizontal scroll”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 16 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

Horizontal Slider with Scroll shows at wp.org #3 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 18 places. Its 300+ 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.

Buried gem

The Plus Addons for Elementor – Mega Menu, Header Footer, Post Grid, AI Widgets & Templates places #7 on merit, 4.6★ from 388 reviews, but shows at wp.org #13. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin signals wp.org

Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #1 2

Page scroll to id 100K+ · 4.9★ (225) wp.org #2 3

ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051) wp.org #6 ↑1 3 too low 4

Timeline Widget For Elementor (Elementor Timeline, Vertical & Horizontal Timeline) 70K+ · 4.8★ (248) wp.org #7 ↓1 3 too low 5

Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322) wp.org #9 ↑1 4 too low 6

Photo Gallery by Supsystic – Image Gallery, Masonry, Albums & Lightbox 20K+ · 4.6★ (498) wp.org #10 ↓1 4 too low 7

The Plus Addons for Elementor – Mega Menu, Header Footer, Post Grid, AI Widgets & Templates 100K+ · 4.6★ (388) wp.org #13 ↑2 6 too low 8

Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 600K+ · 4.8★ (333) wp.org #12 ↑4 4 too low 9

HappyAddons for Elementor – 160 Elementor Widgets, GSAP Animations & Templates 400K+ · 4.8★ (489) wp.org #14 ↓3 5 too low 10

a3 Lazy Load 80K+ · 4.3★ (148) wp.org #11 ↑1 1 too low 11

Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ · 4.8★ (612) wp.org #15 ↓2 4 too low 12

AddToAny Share Buttons 300K+ · 4.7★ (1114) wp.org #18 ↓1 6 too low 13

Unlimited Elements for Elementor 300K+ · 4.8★ (525) wp.org #17 ↑3 4 too low 14

Smart Slider 3 800K+ · 4.9★ (1125) wp.org #21 7 too low 15

Filter Everything — WordPress & WooCommerce Filters 50K+ · 4.6★ (154) wp.org #22 ↓4 7 too low 16

Animation Addons – Elementor Addons, GSAP Animations, Elementor V4 Atomic Widgets & Elementor Templates 10K+ · 4.6★ (66) wp.org #19 ↓5 3 too low 17

Block Animations, Motion & Scroll Effects – Ghost Kit 6K+ · 4.6★ (46) wp.org #16 ↑3 1 too high 18

Carousel Slider Block for Gutenberg 50K+ · 4.8★ (59) wp.org #23 ↓1 5 too low 19

fullPage Vertical & Horizontal Slider – Snap Scroll Sections & More 300+ · 5.0★ (3) thin reviews wp.org #5 14 too high 20

Responsive Tabs — Horizontal, Vertical & Accordion Tabs for WordPress 2K+ · 5.0★ (5) thin reviews wp.org #8 12 too high 21

Horizontal Slider with Scroll 300+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #3 18 too high 22

Arts Horizontal Scroll for Elementor 80+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #4 18 too high 23

Parallax Section Block – Add Parallax Scrolling Effects to Sections 3K+ · 4.3★ (6) thin reviews wp.org #20 3 too high 24

Scroll to Top – Smooth Scroll Up, Back to Top & Reading Progress Bar 60+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews 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.