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

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 “mobile menu”, 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 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 #8 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 11 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

Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates places #4 on merit, 4.9★ from 1680 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 WP Mobile Menu – The Mobile-Friendly Responsive Menu 70K+ · 4.7★ (256) wp.org #1 2 Responsive Menu – Mobile Menu & Hamburger Menu Builder 70K+ · 4.5★ (574) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 Max Mega Menu 300K+ · 4.8★ (882) wp.org #3 ↓1 4 Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #11 7 too low 5 AMP for WP – Accelerated Mobile Pages 70K+ · 4.4★ (1319) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 SlickNav Mobile Menu 3K+ · 4.8★ (24) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 Offcanvas Mobile Menu 800+ · 4.9★ (18) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 WP Responsive Menu 30K+ · 4.3★ (100) wp.org #10 2 too low 9 QuadMenu – Mega Menu 10K+ · 4.5★ (270) wp.org #14 ↑1 5 too low 10 WP Bottom Menu 20K+ · 4.5★ (23) wp.org #7 3 too high 11 WPB Accordion Menu – Collapsible Vertical Sidebar Responsive Mobile Menu – WooCommerce Category Accordion 10K+ · 4.4★ (54) wp.org #6 5 too high 12 ShiftNav – Responsive Mobile Menu 10K+ · 4.6★ (68) wp.org #13 ↓1 1 too low 13 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) wp.org #17 ↑2 4 too low 14 Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ · 4.8★ (612) wp.org #22 ↑1 8 too low 15 Post SMTP – Complete Email Delivery and SMTP Solution with Email Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App 300K+ · 4.7★ (528) wp.org #23 ↓9 8 too low 16 Float menu – awesome floating side menu 30K+ · 4.4★ (41) wp.org #12 ↑1 4 too high 17 Menu Cart for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.6★ (99) wp.org #18 1 too low 18 Simple Floating Menu 10K+ · 5.0★ (38) wp.org #19 ↑1 1 too low 19 Ollie Menu Designer 6K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #8 11 too high 20 Mobile Contact Bar 9K+ · 4.6★ (30) wp.org #16 ↑1 4 too high 21 Specific Content For Mobile – Customize the mobile version without redirections 4K+ · 4.8★ (31) wp.org #20 ↑2 1 too high 22 WooCommerce 7M+ · 4.5★ (4833) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 Toast Mobile Menu – Fast & Lightweight Responsive Navigation 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 ↑1 8 too high 24 The Menu: Custom mobile navigation with icons 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 3 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.