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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “jquery faqs”

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 “jquery faqs”, 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.

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Ranked above its merit

WP FAQ shows at wp.org #7 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Ultimate Addons for Elementor – Widgets, Templates, WooCommerce & Header Footer Builder places #9 on merit, 4.9★ from 2528 reviews, but shows at wp.org #23. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 J jQuery Updater 20K+ · 4.5★ (64) wp.org #1 2 Simple Custom Post Order 300K+ · 4.8★ (588) wp.org #2 3 Helpie FAQ — Accordion, Docs & Knowledge Base 8K+ · 4.5★ (80) wp.org #5 ↓1 2 too low 4 jQuery Post Splitter 100+ · 4.6★ (37) wp.org #4 ↑12 5 Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4962) wp.org #13 ↓2 8 too low 6 PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce 300K+ · 5.0★ (1865) wp.org #16 ↓1 10 too low 7 Schema & Structured Data for WP & AMP 100K+ · 4.5★ (252) wp.org #12 ↓2 5 too low 8 F FAQ Block For Gutenberg 4K+ · 4.4★ (8) wp.org #3 5 too high 9 Ultimate Addons for Elementor – Widgets, Templates, WooCommerce & Header Footer Builder 2M+ · 4.9★ (2528) wp.org #23 ↑1 14 too low 10 Arconix FAQ 6K+ · 4.7★ (79) wp.org #14 ↓1 4 too low 11 Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block 20K+ · 5.0★ (88) wp.org #18 ↓1 7 too low 12 Page scroll to id 100K+ · 4.9★ (225) wp.org #21 ↓1 9 too low 13 WP ULike – Like Buttons, Voting & Engagement Analytics 60K+ · 4.8★ (283) wp.org #24 ↓1 11 too low 14 Easy Accordion Block – Accordion, FAQ & Collapsible Content for the Block Editor 7K+ · 4.4★ (16) wp.org #8 ↓1 6 too high 15 Smart Grid-Layout Design for Contact Form 7 10K+ · 4.5★ (72) wp.org #17 ↑5 2 too low 16 Accordions – Responsive Accordion & FAQ Plugin for WordPress 1K+ · 4.6★ (10) wp.org #9 ↑3 7 too high 17 Ultimate FAQ Solution 600+ · 4.9★ (9) wp.org #10 ↓2 7 too high 18 Joli FAQ SEO – WordPress FAQ Plugin 600+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #6 12 too high 19 S SFN Easy FAQ Manager 2K+ · 4.4★ (12) wp.org #11 ↓2 8 too high 20 Gutena Accordion – Beautiful FAQ Accordion Block 5K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #15 ↓1 5 too high 21 Accordion FAQ with Category 100+ · 4.0★ (5) wp.org #19 ↓1 2 too high 22 Product FAQ for WooCommerce — Tab, Accordion & AI FAQ Generator 90+ · 4.8★ (4) wp.org #22 ↓1 23 W WP FAQ 100+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #7 ↓2 16 too high 24 Accordion FAQ – FAQ Schema, Block & Shortcode with Live Search 100+ · 3.3★ (4) wp.org #20 ↓1 4 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.