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

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 “lottie”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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

LottieFiles shows at wp.org #11 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 7K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 2.3★ average from 18 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor places #11 on merit, 4.8★ from 612 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322) wp.org #3 ↑1 1 too low 3 Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 600K+ · 4.8★ (333) wp.org #5 ↑1 2 too low 4 Spectra Legacy – Gutenberg Blocks 1M+ · 4.7★ (1872) wp.org #6 ↓1 2 too low 5 ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051) wp.org #10 ↑1 5 too low 6 Otter Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks, Page Builder for Gutenberg Editor & FSE 300K+ · 4.7★ (251) wp.org #8 2 too low 7 SiteOrigin Widgets Bundle 400K+ · 4.9★ (134) wp.org #9 2 too low 8 LottieFiles – JSON Based Animation Lottie & Bodymovin for Elementor 3K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #4 ↓1 4 too high 9 Embed Lottie Player – bring your pages to life with animation 4K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #2 ↓1 7 too high 10 Supreme Modules Lite – Divi Theme, Extra Theme and Divi Builder 200K+ · 4.8★ (109) wp.org #12 2 too low 11 Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ · 4.8★ (612) wp.org #17 ↓1 6 too low 12 Animation Addons – Elementor Addons, GSAP Animations, Elementor V4 Atomic Widgets & Elementor Templates 10K+ · 4.6★ (66) wp.org #14 ↑8 2 too low 13 Premium Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks, Patterns & Templates 2K+ · 4.8★ (41) wp.org #16 ↓1 3 too low 14 Maintenance & Coming Soon Redirect Animation 3K+ · 5.0★ (34) wp.org #20 ↓2 6 too low 15 AM LottiePlayer 700+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #7 8 too high 16 Sina Extension for Elementor 40K+ · 4.9★ (35) wp.org #15 ↓1 1 too high 17 WidgetKit for Elementor – Lightweight Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 7K+ · 4.5★ (35) wp.org #21 4 too low 18 Divi Torque Lite 50K+ · 4.7★ (116) wp.org #24 6 too low 19 Herzog Dupont for YOOtheme Pro 4K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #13 6 too high 20 aThemes Addons for Elementor – Widgets & Elementor Addons 7K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #18 ↑2 2 too high 21 LottieFiles 7K+ · 2.3★ (18) wp.org #11 ↓1 10 too high 22 Studio Modules for Divi | Divi Studio Lite 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #22 23 File Uploader for Lottie Animations 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓4 24 Lordicon 600+ · 5.0★ (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.