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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “on 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 “on scroll”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 7 of the top 20. 3 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.

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Ranked above its merit

Fast Smooth Scroll shows at wp.org #9 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 800+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load places #10 on merit, 4.8★ from 287 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Page scroll to id 100K+ · 4.9★ (225) wp.org #1 2 WPFront Scroll Top 200K+ · 4.9★ (142) wp.org #2 3 Sticky Menu & Sticky Header 90K+ · 4.7★ (763) wp.org #3 4 Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too low 5 ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 MouseWheel Smooth Scroll 90K+ · 4.5★ (44) wp.org #4 ↑1 2 too high 7 jQuery Smooth Scroll 10K+ · 4.5★ (47) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 Catch Infinite Scroll 10K+ · 4.3★ (21) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ · 4.8★ (612) wp.org #16 ↓2 7 too low 10 Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load 30K+ · 4.8★ (287) wp.org #21 ↓3 11 too low 11 Smooth Page Scroll Up/Down Buttons 2K+ · 5.0★ (21) wp.org #11 ↑1 12 Click to Chat – HoliThemes 600K+ · 4.8★ (131) wp.org #18 ↑4 6 too low 13 AnimateGL – WebGL & CSS Scroll Animations and Hover Effects for Gutenberg and Elementor 2K+ · 5.0★ (22) wp.org #14 1 too low 14 Hash Link Scroll Offset 1K+ · 5.0★ (14) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 S Surbma | Smooth Scroll 2K+ · 4.7★ (14) wp.org #12 ↓2 3 too high 16 Sticky Header Effects for Elementor 300K+ · 4.5★ (69) wp.org #23 ↓3 7 too low 17 Block Animations, Motion & Scroll Effects – Ghost Kit 6K+ · 4.6★ (46) wp.org #24 7 too low 18 Scrollsequence – Cinematic Scroll Image Animation Plugin 3K+ · 4.6★ (19) wp.org #17 1 too high 19 Simple Scroll To Top WP 1K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #20 ↓4 1 too low 20 F Fast Smooth Scroll 800+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #9 11 too high 21 Scroll Down Arrow 900+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #10 ↑1 11 too high 22 Catch Scroll Progress Bar 1K+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #15 7 too high 23 Slider Text Scroll 400+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #22 ↓3 1 too high 24 Horizontal Slider with Scroll 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↓2 5 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.