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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “image flipbox”

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

Flipbox Addon for Elementor shows at wp.org #2 but places #13 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

Addon Elements for Elementor (formerly Elementor Addon Elements) places #11 on merit, 4.8★ from 172 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Flipbox – Awesomes Flip Boxes Image Overlay 9K+ · 4.7★ (149) wp.org #1 2 Image Hover Effects Ultimate ( Image Gallery, Effects, Lightbox, Comparison & Magnifier ) 10K+ · 4.7★ (250) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #6 3 too low 4 Cool Flipbox – Shortcode & Gutenberg Block 5K+ · 4.8★ (103) wp.org #4 5 ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 Supreme Modules Lite – Divi Theme, Extra Theme and Divi Builder 100K+ · 4.8★ (109) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns 100K+ · 4.9★ (216) wp.org #9 2 too low 8 PowerPack Addons for Elementor: Widgets, Form Styler and Templates 70K+ · 4.8★ (361) wp.org #16 8 too low 9 Nexter Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks, Page Builder & AI Website Builder 9K+ · 4.8★ (90) wp.org #11 ↑4 2 too low 10 Bricksable for Bricks Builder 10K+ · 5.0★ (61) wp.org #13 ↓2 3 too low 11 Addon Elements for Elementor (formerly Elementor Addon Elements) 80K+ · 4.8★ (172) wp.org #20 ↓1 9 too low 12 Exclusive Addons for Elementor 50K+ · 4.7★ (47) wp.org #15 ↓1 3 too low 13 Flipbox Addon for Elementor 600+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #2 11 too high 14 Flip Cards Module For Divi 3K+ · 4.9★ (32) wp.org #14 ↓1 15 Fancy Elementor Flipbox 4K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #5 10 too high 16 Events Tracker for Elementor 9K+ · 4.5★ (48) wp.org #21 ↓1 5 too low 17 Essential Classy Addons for Elementor – 150+ Widgets, Templates & Performance Tools 400+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #12 5 too high 18 WPKoi Templates for Elementor 5K+ · 4.6★ (19) wp.org #17 ↓1 1 too high 19 Product Layouts for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (15) wp.org #18 ↓1 1 too high 20 Table Of Contents Block 10K+ · 4.3★ (7) wp.org #10 10 too high 21 Responsive Blocks – Page Builder for Blocks & Patterns 3K+ · 4.8★ (17) wp.org #24 ↓1 3 too low 22 Magical Addons For Elementor ( Theme Builder, Header Footer Builder, Free Elementor Widgets, Elementor Templates Library ) 4K+ · 4.7★ (12) wp.org #23 ↓1 1 too low 23 Responsive Addons for Elementor – Free Elementor Addons, Kits and Elementor Templates 3K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too high 24 DailyBuddy — Free All-in-One Toolkit 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↓1 5 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.