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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “interactive slider”

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 “interactive slider”, 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Swipe Slider – Make dynamic slider with solid, gradient, or image background shows at wp.org #5 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 14 places. Its 3K+ 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

Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder places #10 on merit, 4.8★ from 2144 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #1 2 Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder 70K+ · 4.6★ (236) wp.org #2 3 Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider 60K+ · 4.6★ (504) wp.org #3 4 Prime Slider – Hero Slider, Carousel, WooCommerce & Post Slider Elementor Addons 100K+ · 4.5★ (82) wp.org #4 5 Robo Gallery – Photo & Image Slider 40K+ · 4.3★ (406) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322) wp.org #9 ↑2 3 too low 7 Product Gallery Slider, Additional Variation Images, Product Video, Product Image Zoom and Lightbox for WooCommerce – Reno Product Gallery (formerly WooGallery) 20K+ · 4.9★ (162) wp.org #12 ↓2 5 too low 8 ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051) wp.org #16 ↓1 8 too low 9 Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #19 ↑3 10 too low 10 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2144) wp.org #21 ↓3 11 too low 11 Super block slider – Image/video background & content slider 8K+ · 5.0★ (14) wp.org #7 ↓1 4 too high 12 Open User Map – Interactive Leaflet Maps 10K+ · 5.0★ (70) wp.org #15 ↑6 3 too low 13 Interactive Content – H5P 40K+ · 4.8★ (61) wp.org #14 ↓1 1 too low 14 Ultra Addons for Contact Form 7 60K+ · 4.8★ (108) wp.org #20 ↓1 6 too low 15 Slider, Image Slider & Carousel by Slider Factory – Responsive Slideshow, Video Slider 2K+ · 4.5★ (13) wp.org #10 ↓2 5 too high 16 HT Slider For Elementor 20K+ · 3.8★ (12) wp.org #8 ↓1 8 too high 17 GutSlider – All in One Slider and Carousel Blocks for Gutenberg 6K+ · 4.9★ (14) wp.org #13 ↓1 4 too high 18 Image Slider Block 4K+ · 4.4★ (9) wp.org #11 ↓2 7 too high 19 Swipe Slider – Make dynamic slider with solid, gradient, or image background 3K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #5 14 too high 20 Divi Carousel Lite – Responsive Carousel & Slider Modules for Divi Builder 6K+ · 4.0★ (20) wp.org #24 4 too low 21 bSlider – Build Sliders That Bring Your Content to Life 5K+ · 4.0★ (11) wp.org #18 ↓4 3 too high 22 WP Before After Image Slider – Interactive Image and Video Comparison Plugin for WordPress 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #17 ↓1 5 too high 23 Parallax Slider Block 900+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 24 Image Slider Slideshow 2K+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #22 ↓2 2 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.