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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “motion text”

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 “motion text”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 17 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

neoMotion – Creative stop-motion editor for neoDraw shows at wp.org #10 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 20+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Ultimate Addons for Elementor – Widgets, Templates, WooCommerce & Header Footer Builder places #9 on merit, 4.9★ from 2528 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 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) wp.org #1 2 ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051) wp.org #4 ↓1 2 too low 3 Block Animations, Motion & Scroll Effects – Ghost Kit 6K+ · 4.6★ (46) wp.org #6 ↑1 3 too low 4 Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider 500K+ · 4.6★ (742) wp.org #12 8 too low 5 Marquee Running Text 5K+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #2 3 too high 6 AI-Powered Carousel, Slider, Video & Photo Gallery Blocks by WP Carousel 60K+ · 4.7★ (434) wp.org #19 ↑1 13 too low 7 Animation Addons – Elementor Addons, GSAP Animations, Elementor V4 Atomic Widgets & Elementor Templates 10K+ · 4.6★ (66) wp.org #13 6 too low 8 Marquee Addons for Elementor – Essential Motion Widgets & Templates 20K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #3 ↑2 5 too high 9 Ultimate Addons for Elementor – Widgets, Templates, WooCommerce & Header Footer Builder 2M+ · 4.9★ (2528) wp.org #24 15 too low 10 WP Accessibility 60K+ · 4.8★ (68) wp.org #17 ↑1 7 too low 11 Animated Text Block – Add Typing and Looping Text Effects 4K+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #5 ↓1 6 too high 12 aBlocks – Gutenberg Blocks, User Dashboard Builder, Popup Builder, Form Builder & Animation Builder 2K+ · 5.0★ (26) wp.org #15 3 too low 13 Page Builder: Pagelayer – Drag and Drop website builder 400K+ · 3.9★ (104) wp.org #18 ↑1 5 too low 14 Screen Reader Accessibility – WCAG, Text-to-Speech & AI Accessibility Fixes 600+ · 4.8★ (31) wp.org #21 ↑1 7 too low 15 Text Typing – grab attention with animated typing headlines 3K+ · 3.8★ (6) wp.org #7 ↓1 8 too high 16 Jeg Kit for Elementor – Powerful Addons for Elementor, Widgets & Templates for WordPress 300K+ · 3.8★ (79) wp.org #22 ↑1 6 too low 17 Wexlab Motion Effects for Elementor 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 8 too high 18 Animatikon – Scroll Animations & Motion Effects 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 10 too high 19 RTMKit for Elementor – Modular Addons, Widgets, Templates, Icon Library, GSAP Animations, MCP & Store Ready 40K+ · 2.7★ (16) wp.org #16 3 too high 20 Embed Lottie Player – bring your pages to life with animation 4K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #23 ↑1 3 too low 21 LMSCrafter Gradient Text for Elementor 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #11 10 too high 22 neo Alt – AI Alt Text Generator for images with bulk processing – Free and No API Key Required 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #20 ↓3 2 too high 23 neoMotion – Creative stop-motion editor for neoDraw 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 13 too high 24 MarqueeAll – Elementor Marquee for Image, Text, Post Grid, Testimonial, Cryptocurrency, Faqs & News Ticker 🌀 1K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 10 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.