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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “multiple chart”

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 “multiple chart”, we agree with wp.org 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

Sizor Product Size Chart For WooCommerce shows at wp.org #8 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 6K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.3★ average from 32 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 #8 on merit, 4.9★ from 1680 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 M Chart 3K+ · 4.9★ (28) wp.org #1 2 wpDataTables – WordPress Data Table, Dynamic Tables & Table Charts Plugin 60K+ · 4.5★ (449) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Visualizer – Tables & Charts Manager with Built-in AI Generator 20K+ · 4.4★ (225) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 WP Data Access – App Builder for Tables, Forms, Dashboards, Charts & Maps 10K+ · 4.9★ (88) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Chartify – WordPress Chart Plugin 3K+ · 4.9★ (28) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Chart Block – Visualize Data with Bar, Line, Pie Charts 1K+ · 4.8★ (10) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 Site Kit by Google – Analytics, Search Console, AdSense, Speed 5M+ · 4.2★ (1012) wp.org #10 3 too low 8 Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #17 9 too low 9 FluentSMTP – WP Mail SMTP Plugin with Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Cloudflare, toSend, Gmail and Any SMTP 700K+ · 4.8★ (410) wp.org #13 4 too low 10 ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051) wp.org #16 6 too low 11 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2144) wp.org #19 8 too low 12 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #21 9 too low 13 Quiz Maker by AYS 20K+ · 4.9★ (601) wp.org #24 11 too low 14 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #23 9 too low 15 Simple Org Chart 900+ · 4.8★ (22) wp.org #7 8 too high 16 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #22 6 too low 17 Product Size Charts Plugin for WooCommerce 9K+ · 4.3★ (39) wp.org #9 8 too high 18 Sizor Product Size Chart For WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.3★ (32) wp.org #8 10 too high 19 A amCharts: Charts and Maps 1K+ · 5.0★ (29) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 Graphina – Charts and Graphs For Elementor 9K+ · 4.1★ (16) wp.org #11 9 too high 21 SQL Chart Builder 500+ · 3.9★ (22) wp.org #14 7 too high 22 Stockdio Historical Chart 800+ · 3.9★ (7) wp.org #12 10 too high 23 Ninja Charts – Interactive Charts and Graphs 3K+ · 3.0★ (6) wp.org #15 8 too high 24 Size Chart Product For Woocommerce 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 6 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.