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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “icon editor”

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 “icon editor”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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

Icon List Block – Add Icon-Based Lists with Custom Styles shows at wp.org #9 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 4K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.7★ average from 6 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons places #8 on merit, 4.8★ from 5333 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 The Icon Block 40K+ · 5.0★ (29) wp.org #1 2 Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 600K+ · 4.8★ (333) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) wp.org #3 ↓1 4 Members – Membership & User Role Editor Plugin 300K+ · 4.9★ (1281) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Admin Menu Editor 300K+ · 4.6★ (312) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 Menu Icons by Themeisle – Add Icons to Navigation Menus 100K+ · 4.9★ (851) wp.org #8 ↑2 2 too low 7 Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button – Chaty 300K+ · 5.0★ (1244) wp.org #15 ↑1 8 too low 8 Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons 100K+ · 4.8★ (5333) wp.org #19 11 too low 9 Skyboot Custom Icons for Elementor – Elementor Icons library – 14300+ Icons 200K+ · 5.0★ (22) wp.org #7 ↓1 2 too high 10 Otter Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks, Page Builder for Gutenberg Editor & FSE 300K+ · 4.7★ (251) wp.org #13 ↑1 3 too low 11 WP Editor 20K+ · 4.5★ (95) wp.org #14 ↑1 3 too low 12 Gutenverse – WordPress Blocks, Page Builder & Site Editor 20K+ · 4.9★ (190) wp.org #18 ↑3 6 too low 13 Simple Social Icons 100K+ · 4.3★ (92) wp.org #16 ↑2 3 too low 14 Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons 10K+ · 4.9★ (1911) wp.org #23 9 too low 15 Icon Element – Icon Pack for Elementor Page Builder (6718 icons) 40K+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #6 ↑1 9 too high 16 Better Block Editor (BBE) 6K+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #10 ↑1 6 too high 17 BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #17 18 Spectra Blocks – AI Website Builder for the Block Editor 60K+ · 4.6★ (53) wp.org #22 ↓5 4 too low 19 Icon Separator 1K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #11 ↓2 8 too high 20 Icon List Block – Add Icon-Based Lists with Custom Styles 4K+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #9 ↓1 11 too high 21 Advanced Classic Editor 2K+ · 4.0★ (10) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 SVG Icon Block 1K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↑1 10 too high 23 FrontEdit – Live Frontend Block Editor 2K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Jooosi Icon – Modern SVG icon library for WordPress 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #21 ↑1 3 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.