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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “inline svg”

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 “inline svg”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Block for Font Awesome Icons – Searchable Icon Picker, SVG, FA 7 shows at wp.org #9 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 1K+ 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

Autoptimize places #11 on merit, 4.7★ from 1428 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 SVG Support 1M+ · 4.8★ (356) wp.org #1 2 Safe SVG 1M+ · 4.9★ (79) wp.org #2 3 Orbit Fox: Duplicate Page, Menu Icons, SVG Support, Cookie Notice, Custom Fonts & More 100K+ · 4.8★ (317) wp.org #6 ↑6 3 too low 4 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #7 ↑4 3 too low 5 SVG Block 4K+ · 5.0★ (14) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 Font Awesome 400K+ · 3.6★ (61) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Image CAPTCHA for Contact Form 7 and WPForms by HookAndHook (DSGVO/GDPR) 70K+ · 4.7★ (49) wp.org #8 ↓2 1 too low 8 Firelight Lightbox 200K+ · 4.8★ (361) wp.org #16 8 too low 9 Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 600K+ · 4.8★ (333) wp.org #14 ↑4 5 too low 10 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322) wp.org #18 ↑4 8 too low 11 Autoptimize 800K+ · 4.7★ (1428) wp.org #20 ↑3 9 too low 12 SVG Flags – Country Flag Blocks and Galleries 2K+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #4 8 too high 13 WPZOOM Connect: Social Icons Widget & Block, Share Buttons & Click to Chat 90K+ · 4.9★ (144) wp.org #23 10 too low 14 GutenKit – Page Builder Blocks, Patterns, and Templates for Gutenberg Block Editor 80K+ · 4.5★ (48) wp.org #19 ↑2 5 too low 15 JVM Rich Text Icons 3K+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #11 ↓2 4 too high 16 Colorlib 404 Customizer 5K+ · 4.7★ (51) wp.org #21 ↓2 5 too low 17 Advanced Timeline Block 500+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #15 2 too high 18 Breadcrumb Block 2K+ · 5.0★ (14) wp.org #22 ↓2 4 too low 19 Block for Font Awesome Icons – Searchable Icon Picker, SVG, FA 7 1K+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #9 ↓2 10 too high 20 VK All in One Expansion Unit 100K+ · 4.0★ (7) wp.org #10 10 too high 21 Safelayout Elegant Icons – WordPress icons 700+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #17 4 too high 22 Inline Context – Footnotes, Tooltips & Glossary Notes 40+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 ↑1 10 too high 23 Subtle Icons – SVG Icon Block Suite, Icon Picker & ACF Field 600+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 ↑1 10 too high 24 OH MY SVG 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24

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.