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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “onclick”

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 “onclick”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 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

Disable Gutenberg shows at wp.org #9 but places #15 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 500+ 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 External Links in New Window / New Tab 30K+ · 4.5★ (77) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #5 3 too low 3 Get Use APIs – JSON Content Importer 5K+ · 4.9★ (78) wp.org #3 ↓2 4 Attributes for Blocks 4K+ · 5.0★ (21) wp.org #2 ↑1 2 too high 5 OneClick Chat to Order 30K+ · 4.8★ (84) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 URL Params 8K+ · 5.0★ (37) wp.org #6 7 Disqus Conditional Load 3K+ · 4.5★ (64) wp.org #7 8 Custom Field Template 30K+ · 4.0★ (24) wp.org #8 9 WP-Force Images Download 90+ · 4.9★ (8) wp.org #16 7 too low 10 Zyre Elementor Addons 20+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #13 ↑6 3 too low 11 Monetag Official Plugin 5K+ · 2.5★ (13) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 No unsafe-inline 200+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #15 ↓1 3 too low 13 DragBlock – WordPress Site & Page Builder with Advanced Blocks 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 HT Portfolio – WordPress Portfolio Plugin for Elementor 300+ · 3.0★ (4) wp.org #11 3 too high 15 Disable Gutenberg 500+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 6 too high 16 SVG Enabler 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↑1 1 too low 17 Magic Conversation For Gravity Forms 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↓1 3 too high 18 Strict CSP 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓4 1 too low 19 M MJP Security Tools 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓2 5 too low 20 Wexlab HTML Blocks for Elementor — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 21 Show Hide Accordion by MediaArt — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 1 too low 22 SecureLite Security – Firewall, Malware Scanner & Attack Simulation 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 Related Videos for JW Player 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 2 too high 24 Onclick Popup 100+ · 3.0★ (3) wp.org #18 ↓1 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.