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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “maintenance elementor”

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 “maintenance elementor”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 2 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Manage – Centralized site maintenance and monitoring shows at wp.org #7 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 17 places. Its 100K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 2.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) places #12 on merit, 5.0★ from 423 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ · 4.8★ (612) wp.org #1 2 LightStart – Maintenance Mode, Coming Soon and Landing Page Builder 400K+ · 4.3★ (874) wp.org #2 3 CMP – Coming Soon & Maintenance Plugin by NiteoThemes 200K+ · 4.7★ (326) wp.org #3 4 Website Builder by SeedProd — Theme Builder, Landing Page Builder, Coming Soon Page, Maintenance Mode 600K+ · 4.9★ (4699) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 Sticky Header Effects for Elementor 300K+ · 4.5★ (69) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 Starter Templates: AI-Powered Website Templates for Elementor & Gutenberg 1M+ · 4.9★ (4755) wp.org #8 2 too low 7 Dynamic Visibility for Elementor 50K+ · 4.6★ (89) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ · 4.8★ (3221) wp.org #11 3 too low 9 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #9 10 TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy 600K+ · 5.0★ (4625) wp.org #12 2 too low 11 Master Addons for Elementor – Elementor Addons, Widgets, Mega Menu Builder, Popup Builder, Widget Builder & Template Kits 30K+ · 4.5★ (212) wp.org #19 8 too low 12 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #24 12 too low 13 Layouts for Elementor 1K+ · 4.7★ (14) wp.org #10 3 too high 14 P Post Carousel Slider for Elementor 3K+ · 4.5★ (50) wp.org #17 3 too low 15 N News Ticker for Elementor 2K+ · 4.8★ (40) wp.org #18 3 too low 16 SilentShield – Captcha & Anti-Spam for WordPress (CF7, WPForms, Elementor, WooCommerce) 10K+ · 4.7★ (24) wp.org #23 7 too low 17 SKT Templates – 100% Free Templates for Elementor & Gutenberg 20K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #14 3 too high 18 Dynamic ACF Repeater for Elementor 1K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #13 5 too high 19 Ultimate Coming Soon Page, Maintenance Mode & Under Construction – Gutenberg Block Builder & Landing Page 9K+ · 4.5★ (6) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 Shortcodes for Elementor 5K+ · 3.9★ (7) wp.org #22 2 too low 21 Email Deliverability – SMTP Replacement, Email API Deliverability & Email Log 200K+ · 2.5★ (17) wp.org #15 6 too high 22 Sticky Elementor – Sticky Header, Menu Color After Sticky, Logo Swap & Back to Top Button 600+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 6 too high 23 Amitry Maintenance Mode & Coming Soon 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 2 too high 24 Manage – Centralized site maintenance and monitoring 100K+ · 2.0★ (1) wp.org #7 17 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.