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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “jump”

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 “jump”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 3 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

Jump Links Block (SEO 44) shows at wp.org #5 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 10+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO places #5 on merit, 4.8★ from 1267 reviews, but shows at wp.org #11. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Table of Contents Plus – Automatic Table of Contents for Posts & Pages 200K+ · 4.5★ (187) wp.org #1 2 All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) wp.org #2 3 Widget Importer & Exporter 200K+ · 4.7★ (117) wp.org #3 4 PDF Embedder – PDF Viewer & Embed PDF Files for WordPress 300K+ · 4.7★ (529) wp.org #7 ↑1 3 too low 5 SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO 300K+ · 4.8★ (1267) wp.org #11 ↑1 6 too low 6 Simple History – Track, Log, and Audit WordPress Changes 300K+ · 4.9★ (491) wp.org #10 4 too low 7 WP Recipe Maker 50K+ · 5.0★ (356) wp.org #9 ↓3 2 too low 8 OMGF | GDPR/DSGVO Compliant, Faster Google Fonts. Easy. 300K+ · 4.7★ (213) wp.org #8 ↑1 9 Dinosaur Game 1K+ · 5.0★ (13) wp.org #4 5 too high 10 Ultimate Addons for Elementor – Widgets, Templates, WooCommerce & Header Footer Builder 2M+ · 4.9★ (2528) wp.org #14 4 too low 11 MxChat – AI Chatbot & Content Generation for WordPress 2K+ · 5.0★ (31) wp.org #6 ↑1 5 too high 12 HTML5 Video Player – embed fast, responsive videos with ease 20K+ · 4.6★ (195) wp.org #17 5 too low 13 Survey Maker by AYS 5K+ · 4.8★ (79) wp.org #13 ↓2 14 Spotlight Social Photo Feed 50K+ · 4.7★ (171) wp.org #20 ↓6 6 too low 15 Index WP MySQL For Speed 50K+ · 4.8★ (99) wp.org #12 ↑5 3 too high 16 Sticky Header Effects for Elementor 300K+ · 4.5★ (69) wp.org #24 8 too low 17 Hash Link Scroll Offset 1K+ · 5.0★ (14) wp.org #15 ↓2 2 too high 18 Quill Forms | Conversational Multi Step Forms, Surveys & quizzes 3K+ · 4.8★ (44) wp.org #16 ↓1 2 too high 19 Page Builder Gutenberg Blocks – CoBlocks 300K+ · 4.2★ (109) wp.org #23 ↓1 4 too low 20 Lean Player – Video and Audio Player with Playlist for WordPress, Elementor and Gutenberg 2K+ · 4.7★ (6) wp.org #18 ↓2 2 too high 21 Jump Links Block (SEO 44) 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 16 too high 22 Flipa PDF Flipbook – PDF Viewer and Page Flip Book 800+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #21 ↓3 1 too high 23 Free PDF to Flipbook 500+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #19 4 too high 24 Tasty Recipes Lite – WordPress Recipe Card Plugin with Built-In Recipe Schema 2K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #22 ↑1 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.