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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “html5 slider”

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 “html5 slider”, 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

Video Gallery shows at wp.org #10 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 600+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

All-in-One Video Gallery – Video Player & Galleries for YouTube, Vimeo & Self-Hosted Videos places #12 on merit, 4.8★ from 136 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider 60K+ · 4.6★ (504) wp.org #1 2 Ultimate Responsive Image Slider 30K+ · 4.5★ (248) wp.org #2 3 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322) wp.org #6 ↑1 3 too low 4 Responsive Lightbox & Gallery 100K+ · 4.9★ (2003) wp.org #12 8 too low 5 Product Video Gallery for Woocommerce 10K+ · 4.6★ (97) wp.org #8 ↓2 3 too low 6 Slider, Image Slider & Carousel by Slider Factory – Responsive Slideshow, Video Slider 2K+ · 4.5★ (13) wp.org #3 3 too high 7 Wonder Slider Lite 8K+ · 4.2★ (24) wp.org #4 ↑10 3 too high 8 Product Addons for Woocommerce – Product Options with Custom Fields 30K+ · 4.9★ (474) wp.org #14 ↓1 6 too low 9 DearFlip – PDF Flipbook, 3D Flipbook, PDF embed, PDF viewer 200K+ · 4.9★ (194) wp.org #13 ↓3 4 too low 10 WPB Product Slider for WooCommerce – Responsive Product Carousel & Showcase 4K+ · 4.1★ (38) wp.org #7 ↓2 3 too high 11 Gmedia Photo Gallery 7K+ · 4.3★ (260) wp.org #18 ↑1 7 too low 12 All-in-One Video Gallery – Video Player & Galleries for YouTube, Vimeo & Self-Hosted Videos 20K+ · 4.8★ (136) wp.org #21 9 too low 13 bSlider – Build Sliders That Bring Your Content to Life 5K+ · 4.0★ (11) wp.org #5 ↓1 8 too high 14 Video Gallery – YouTube, Vimeo & Video Slider with Lightbox 1K+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #11 3 too high 15 Audio Player Block – Advanced Block for Embedding Audio Files 2K+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #20 ↑2 5 too low 16 Carousel Block – Showcase Images in Elegant Sliding Displays 7K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #15 ↑1 1 too high 17 Before After Image Comparison – Visual Comparison for Two Images 3K+ · 4.2★ (12) wp.org #19 ↑1 2 too low 18 Video Player Block – play videos beautifully on any device 2K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #22 ↑1 4 too low 19 Content Slider Block – Bring your content to life with slides 3K+ · 3.2★ (5) wp.org #9 ↓1 10 too high 20 Timeline Block – tell your story with elegant timelines 3K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #23 3 too low 21 Video Gallery 600+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #10 ↓1 11 too high 22 Webdevez Testimonials Slider for Elementor 60+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↑1 6 too high 23 My Social Feeds – bring your social content into WordPress 600+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Logo Carousel – showcase client logos professionally 800+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #17 ↑1 7 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.