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

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 “justify”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 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 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

Magical Blocks – Elementor Style Blocks for Gutenberg shows at wp.org #7 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 900+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

HT Mega Addons for Elementor – Elementor Widgets & Template Builder places #8 on merit, 4.1★ from 66 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 Robo Gallery – Photo & Image Slider 40K+ · 4.3★ (406) wp.org #4 ↑5 3 too low 2 Justified Gallery 8K+ · 4.9★ (206) wp.org #5 3 too low 3 Re-Add Text Justify Button 20K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 Re-add text underline and justify 50K+ · 4.7★ (25) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Logo Slider WP – Responsive Logo Carousel, Logo Gallery & Logo Showcase 10K+ · 4.5★ (61) wp.org #9 ↓3 4 too low 6 Justify for Paragraph Block 3K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #2 4 too high 7 Gmedia Photo Gallery 7K+ · 4.3★ (260) wp.org #12 ↑2 5 too low 8 HT Mega Addons for Elementor – Elementor Widgets & Template Builder 60K+ · 4.1★ (66) wp.org #20 ↑3 12 too low 9 JetWidgets For Elementor 10K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #11 ↓1 2 too low 10 MWB HubSpot for WooCommerce – CRM, Abandoned Cart, Email Marketing, Marketing Automation & Analytics 6K+ · 3.8★ (55) wp.org #18 8 too low 11 PopupAlly 2K+ · 4.1★ (76) wp.org #23 12 too low 12 Animated Live Wall Gallery 1K+ · 4.4★ (14) wp.org #14 ↓1 2 too low 13 Easy Actions Scheduler Cleaner 900+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #16 3 too low 14 Advanced Marquee Effect for Elementor – Smooth Marquee, News Ticker, Image Box & Icon Box Marquee 2K+ · 4.7★ (6) wp.org #10 ↑1 4 too high 15 PRyC WP: TinyMCE more buttons 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 ↓2 9 too high 16 Kognetiks Chatbot 500+ · 4.5★ (22) wp.org #21 ↑3 5 too low 17 Add Code To Head 2K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 ↓1 9 too high 18 Block Editor Bootstrap Blocks 1K+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #22 ↓1 4 too low 19 Kadence Central – Site Management, Backups, Security, and Reporting 30K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #17 2 too high 20 Magical Blocks – Elementor Style Blocks for Gutenberg 900+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↑1 13 too high 21 Block Designer – Create Custom Blocks for Gutenberg Editor 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #24 3 too low 22 Ignore Or Disable Plugin Update 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 ↓1 9 too high 23 Card Elements for WPBakery 500+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 8 too high 24 TZM Responsive Block Controls 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↑1 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.