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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “infinite 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 “infinite scroll”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 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

Infinite Scroll Product For WooCommerce shows at wp.org #6 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 100+ 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

Responsive Lightbox & Gallery places #10 on merit, 4.9★ from 2003 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 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 #3 1 too low 3 YITH Infinite Scrolling 9K+ · 4.3★ (46) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ · 4.8★ (612) wp.org #7 ↓1 3 too low 5 Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed – Easy Social Feeds Plugin 1M+ · 4.9★ (4358) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 Firelight Lightbox 200K+ · 4.8★ (361) wp.org #10 ↑7 4 too low 7 M Media Library Enable Infinite Scrolling 7K+ · 5.0★ (25) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #15 7 too low 9 FooGallery Photo Gallery : Image, Video & Masonry Galleries 100K+ · 4.8★ (995) wp.org #13 ↓3 4 too low 10 Responsive Lightbox & Gallery 100K+ · 4.9★ (2003) wp.org #19 ↑4 9 too low 11 YMC Filter 4K+ · 4.8★ (34) wp.org #8 ↓1 3 too high 12 AddToAny Share Buttons 300K+ · 4.7★ (1114) wp.org #12 13 Photo Gallery by Supsystic – Image Gallery, Masonry, Albums & Lightbox 20K+ · 4.6★ (498) wp.org #18 5 too low 14 Unlimited Elements for Elementor 300K+ · 4.8★ (525) wp.org #20 6 too low 15 Logo Carousel – Responsive Logo Slider, Logo Showcase, and Clients Logo Gallery 20K+ · 4.7★ (162) wp.org #21 6 too low 16 WP Masonry & Infinite Scroll 200+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #4 12 too high 17 Load More Products for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.9★ (275) wp.org #17 ↓3 18 Post/Page Specific Custom Code 6K+ · 4.6★ (42) wp.org #22 ↓2 4 too low 19 Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder 400K+ · 3.9★ (104) wp.org #24 ↓6 5 too low 20 ShutterPress Gallery – Masonry, justified and grid galleries, lightbox and infinite scroll 100+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #11 9 too high 21 Infinite Scroll Product For WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 ↑2 15 too high 22 Infinite Scroll Random Post 90+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #14 ↓1 8 too high 23 Query Loop Load More 800+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #23 ↓1 24 Logo Slider – Infinite Carousel & Marquee Block 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #16 8 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.