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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “infinite”

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 “infinite”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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 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

Logo Slider – Infinite Carousel & Marquee Block shows at wp.org #7 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 300+ 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

Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed – Easy Social Feeds Plugin places #9 on merit, 4.9★ from 4358 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Catch Infinite Scroll 10K+ · 4.3★ (21) wp.org #1 2 Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load 30K+ · 4.8★ (287) wp.org #4 ↑1 2 too low 3 YITH Infinite Scrolling 9K+ · 4.3★ (46) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Big File Uploads – Increase Maximum File Upload Size 100K+ · 4.9★ (402) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 Infinite Uploads – Offload, Optimize & Organize Your Media Library 800+ · 4.4★ (20) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 M Media Library Enable Infinite Scrolling 7K+ · 5.0★ (25) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too high 7 FooGallery Photo Gallery : Image, Video & Masonry Galleries 100K+ · 4.8★ (995) wp.org #10 3 too low 8 Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ · 4.8★ (612) wp.org #12 4 too low 9 Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed – Easy Social Feeds Plugin 1M+ · 4.9★ (4358) wp.org #16 ↓3 7 too low 10 Kirki – Freeform Page Builder, Website Builder & Customizer 400K+ · 4.5★ (81) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 Firelight Lightbox 200K+ · 4.8★ (361) wp.org #18 ↑1 7 too low 12 Min and Max Quantity for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.8★ (218) wp.org #15 ↑1 3 too low 13 Animate It! 20K+ · 4.9★ (127) wp.org #22 9 too low 14 WP Accessibility 60K+ · 4.8★ (68) wp.org #19 5 too low 15 AddToAny Share Buttons 300K+ · 4.7★ (1114) wp.org #20 ↑3 5 too low 16 YMC Filter 4K+ · 4.8★ (34) wp.org #14 ↓3 2 too high 17 Load More Products for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.9★ (275) wp.org #23 ↓3 6 too low 18 WP Masonry & Infinite Scroll 200+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #8 10 too high 19 Splide Carousel Block 4K+ · 5.0★ (12) wp.org #24 ↓6 5 too low 20 Logo Slider – Infinite Carousel & Marquee Block 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #7 13 too high 21 ShutterPress Gallery – Masonry, justified and grid galleries, lightbox and infinite scroll 100+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #21 22 Infinite Scroll Product For WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #11 ↑3 11 too high 23 URL Image Importer – Import External Images to the Media Library from URL, CSV & XML 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 ↑2 10 too high 24 Forms Bridge – Infinite integrations 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #17 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.