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

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 “owlcarousel”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 of the top 15. 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Ibtana – WordPress Website Builder 10K+ · 4.3★ (30) wp.org #7 6 too low 2 TS Demo Importer 80+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 PowerFolio – Portfolio & Image Gallery for Elementor 10K+ · 4.5★ (12) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 WPB Category Slider for WooCommerce – Responsive Product Category Carousel & Enhanced UX 700+ · 4.1★ (9) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 Dev Playlist for YouTube 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #2 3 too high 6 Featured Products Carousel by Tag — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 3 too high 7 Featured Post Carousel by Tag — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 3 too high 8 R Responsive Woocommerce Product Scroll Slider 10+ · 4.0★ (7) wp.org #12 ↑1 4 too low 9 W WP Owl Carousel 200+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #15 ↑1 6 too low 10 A Awesome Elements For Elementor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 RT Elementor Widgets 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 PN Customers Manager — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↑1 2 too high 13 L Loops 'n Slides 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↑1 2 too high 14 News, Magazine and Blog Elements 50+ · 2.5★ (4) wp.org #13 ↑1 1 too high 15 X XL Testimonial Carousel 30+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↑1 1 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.