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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “menu responsive”

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 “menu responsive”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 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 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

Ollie Menu Designer shows at wp.org #10 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 6K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 8 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor places #9 on merit, 4.9★ from 2051 reviews, but shows at wp.org #18. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WP Responsive Menu 30K+ · 4.3★ (100) wp.org #1 2 Responsive Menu – Mobile Menu & Hamburger Menu Builder 70K+ · 4.5★ (574) wp.org #2 3 Max Mega Menu 300K+ · 4.8★ (882) wp.org #3 ↑1 4 Responsive Lightbox & Gallery 100K+ · 4.9★ (2003) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 WP Mobile Menu – The Mobile-Friendly Responsive Menu 70K+ · 4.7★ (256) wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too high 6 Sticky Menu & Sticky Header 90K+ · 4.7★ (763) wp.org #6 7 Ultimate Responsive Image Slider 30K+ · 4.5★ (248) wp.org #8 ↑3 1 too low 8 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) wp.org #12 4 too low 9 ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051) wp.org #18 9 too low 10 Float menu – awesome floating side menu 30K+ · 4.4★ (41) wp.org #9 ↓1 1 too high 11 Responsive Gallery Grid 4K+ · 4.7★ (66) wp.org #11 ↓1 12 WPB Accordion Menu – Collapsible Vertical Sidebar Responsive Mobile Menu – WooCommerce Category Accordion 10K+ · 4.4★ (54) wp.org #7 5 too high 13 QuadMenu – Mega Menu 10K+ · 4.5★ (270) wp.org #19 6 too low 14 ShiftNav – Responsive Mobile Menu 10K+ · 4.6★ (68) wp.org #22 8 too low 15 Responsive Mortgage Calculator 7K+ · 4.4★ (21) wp.org #13 2 too high 16 SlickNav Mobile Menu 3K+ · 4.8★ (24) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 Ollie Menu Designer 6K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #10 ↓1 7 too high 18 Food Menu – Restaurant Menu & Online Ordering for WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (24) wp.org #23 5 too low 19 Groovy Menu Plugin (Free) 4K+ · 3.6★ (25) wp.org #15 4 too high 20 Offcanvas Mobile Menu 800+ · 4.9★ (18) wp.org #21 1 too low 21 Responsive Slideshow – Photo Carousel 2K+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #17 4 too high 22 Responsive Slider Gallery – Responsive Image Photo Slider 2K+ · 4.5★ (13) wp.org #20 2 too high 23 Restaurant Menu and Food Ordering 2K+ · 4.5★ (15) wp.org #16 7 too high 24 Enable Responsive Image 1K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #24

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.