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

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 posts ticker”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 of the top 20. 4 plugins are 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 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

Image Ticker & Logo Slider – Continuous Auto-Scroll Carousel with Lightbox shows at wp.org #8 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.6★ average from 9 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

AI-Powered Carousel, Slider, Video & Photo Gallery Blocks by WP Carousel places #7 on merit, 4.7★ from 434 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 Ditty – Responsive News Tickers, Sliders, and Lists 30K+ · 4.6★ (106) wp.org #1 2 Category Posts Block 40K+ · 4.5★ (79) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 T4B News Ticker – Responsive News Scroller, Slider, and Animations 7K+ · 4.5★ (16) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Blog Designer Pack – Blog, Post Grid, Post Slider, Post Carousel, Category Post, News 30K+ · 4.7★ (79) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Stock Ticker 2K+ · 4.4★ (21) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 N news ticker benaceur 1K+ · 5.0★ (25) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 AI-Powered Carousel, Slider, Video & Photo Gallery Blocks by WP Carousel 60K+ · 4.7★ (434) wp.org #20 13 too low 8 Gutentor – Gutenberg Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Editor 30K+ · 4.6★ (90) wp.org #16 ↓1 8 too low 9 Super RSS Reader – Add attractive RSS Feed Widget 9K+ · 4.6★ (67) wp.org #14 ↓1 5 too low 10 Logo Slider – Logo Showcase, Logo Carousel, Logo Gallery and Client Logo Presentation 30K+ · 4.7★ (252) wp.org #15 ↓1 5 too low 11 Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want 10K+ · 4.2★ (17) wp.org #6 5 too high 12 Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns 100K+ · 4.9★ (216) wp.org #22 ↓2 10 too low 13 Announcer – Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar 10K+ · 4.8★ (40) wp.org #18 ↓2 5 too low 14 Vertical News Scroller 5K+ · 4.3★ (17) wp.org #10 4 too high 15 Divi Torque Lite 50K+ · 4.7★ (116) wp.org #24 ↓3 9 too low 16 GutSlider – All in One Slider and Carousel Blocks for Gutenberg 6K+ · 4.9★ (14) wp.org #17 ↑1 1 too low 17 PJ News Ticker 3K+ · 4.5★ (6) wp.org #9 8 too high 18 Image Ticker & Logo Slider – Continuous Auto-Scroll Carousel with Lightbox 1K+ · 3.6★ (9) wp.org #8 10 too high 19 RSS Feed Widget 2K+ · 3.9★ (26) wp.org #23 4 too low 20 Gutentools 4K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #12 ↓1 8 too high 21 Marquee Running Text 5K+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #11 10 too high 22 Post Grid & Post Slider – Carousel, Filter Tabs & Related Posts 1K+ · 4.3★ (8) wp.org #13 ↓1 9 too high 23 Vertical Image Slider – Responsive Thumbnail Slider with Lightbox 1K+ · 4.9★ (7) wp.org #21 ↓2 2 too high 24 News Ticker – Floating Headlines & Sticky Alerts 100+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↓2 5 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.