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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “mouse wheel scroll”

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 “mouse wheel scroll”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 of the top 20. 5 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

Horizontal Slider with Scroll shows at wp.org #3 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 17 places. Its 300+ 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

SimpLy Gallery places #9 on merit, 4.8★ from 118 reviews, but shows at wp.org #23. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Page scroll to id 100K+ · 4.9★ (225) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 AI-Powered Carousel, Slider, Video & Photo Gallery Blocks by WP Carousel 60K+ · 4.7★ (434) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider 60K+ · 4.6★ (504) wp.org #4 5 FancyBox for WordPress 30K+ · 4.6★ (92) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 Product Slider, Product Carousel and Product Grid Gallery for WooCommerce – Reno Product Slider (formerly Product Slider for WooCommerce) 20K+ · 4.7★ (280) wp.org #10 4 too low 7 Simple Shortcode for Google Maps 3K+ · 4.6★ (46) wp.org #11 4 too low 8 EU Cookies Bar for WordPress 9K+ · 4.8★ (26) wp.org #12 4 too low 9 SimpLy Gallery 40K+ · 4.8★ (118) wp.org #23 14 too low 10 Logo Slider WP – Responsive Logo Carousel, Logo Gallery & Logo Showcase 10K+ · 4.5★ (61) wp.org #20 10 too low 11 Divi Torque Lite 50K+ · 4.7★ (116) wp.org #18 7 too low 12 aBlocks – Gutenberg Blocks, User Dashboard Builder, Popup Builder, Form Builder & Animation Builder 2K+ · 5.0★ (26) wp.org #17 5 too low 13 Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder 70K+ · 4.6★ (235) wp.org #22 9 too low 14 Real3D Flipbook – 3D Flipbook, PDF Flipbook, PDF Viewer, PDF Embedder 10K+ · 4.5★ (11) wp.org #14 15 fullPage Vertical & Horizontal Slider – Snap Scroll Sections & More 300+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #7 8 too high 16 All In One Lightbox – show any media in beautiful popups 3K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #13 3 too high 17 Smooth Scrolling 900+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #8 9 too high 18 Slider, Image Slider & Carousel by Slider Factory – Responsive Slideshow, Video Slider 2K+ · 4.5★ (13) wp.org #16 2 too high 19 AI Product Gallery Slider, Additional Variation Images, Product Video, Product Image Zoom and Lightbox for WooCommerce – WPBean 1K+ · 4.3★ (27) wp.org #24 5 too low 20 Horizontal Slider with Scroll 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 17 too high 21 bSlider – Build Sliders That Bring Your Content to Life 5K+ · 4.0★ (11) wp.org #19 2 too high 22 Arts Horizontal Scroll for Elementor 80+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 16 too high 23 Xpro Slider For Beaver Builder – Lite 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 8 too high 24 Hide Scrollbar Force 50+ · 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.