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

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 ui”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 of the top 20. 6 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

Toast Mobile Menu – Fast & Lightweight Responsive Navigation shows at wp.org #7 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

W3 Total Cache places #8 on merit, 4.4★ from 5420 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Post SMTP – Complete Email Delivery and SMTP Solution with Email Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App 300K+ · 4.7★ (528) wp.org #2 ↓1 1 too low 2 Mobile Contact Bar 9K+ · 4.6★ (30) wp.org #1 ↑1 1 too high 3 Popup Builder – Create highly converting, mobile friendly marketing popups. 200K+ · 4.7★ (2215) wp.org #3 ↑4 4 Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery 100K+ · 4.5★ (1581) wp.org #5 ↓2 1 too low 5 Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #13 ↑2 8 too low 6 Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) 2M+ · 4.5★ (1440) wp.org #10 ↑7 4 too low 7 MOBILOOK — Mobile View & Mobile‑Friendly Test 1K+ · 4.9★ (27) wp.org #6 ↓1 1 too high 8 W3 Total Cache 900K+ · 4.4★ (5420) wp.org #19 11 too low 9 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #17 ↓4 8 too low 10 LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses 70K+ · 4.3★ (597) wp.org #12 ↓1 2 too low 11 Burst Statistics – Simple WordPress Analytics (Google Analytics Alternative) 200K+ · 4.9★ (186) wp.org #18 ↑3 7 too low 12 Form Maker by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Drag & Drop Contact Form Builder 30K+ · 4.5★ (778) wp.org #15 ↑1 3 too low 13 Smart Slider 3 800K+ · 4.9★ (1125) wp.org #24 11 too low 14 File Manager 1M+ · 4.6★ (1492) wp.org #23 9 too low 15 OTP Login & Register Woocommerce 1K+ · 4.6★ (44) wp.org #9 6 too high 16 Flexible Table Block 40K+ · 4.9★ (34) wp.org #16 ↓2 17 YMC Filter 4K+ · 4.8★ (34) wp.org #14 ↓2 3 too high 18 WP Responsive Menu 30K+ · 4.3★ (100) wp.org #22 4 too low 19 Order on Mobile for WooCommerce 7K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #4 15 too high 20 Mobile App Canvas – Convert your Website Into an App for iOS and Android 200+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #8 12 too high 21 Hippoo Mobile App for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.9★ (7) wp.org #11 ↓1 10 too high 22 WappPress – Convert Site to App Fast – WordPress to Mobile App Builder 1K+ · 3.6★ (39) wp.org #21 ↓1 1 too high 23 Toast Mobile Menu – Fast & Lightweight Responsive Navigation 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #7 ↓1 16 too high 24 The Menu: Custom mobile navigation with icons 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↓2 4 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.