wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “page editor”
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 “page editor”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 5 of the top 20.
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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.
Ranked above its merit
Classic Editor + shows at wp.org #8 but places #12 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its 30K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.9★ average from 31 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.
Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322)
wp.org #1 2 
Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 600K+ · 4.8★ (333)
wp.org #2 3 
Super Page Cache – Cloudflare Cache, Page Speed & Core Web Vitals 70K+ · 4.8★ (517)
wp.org #3 ↑2 4 
User Role Editor 700K+ · 4.5★ (288)
wp.org #4 5 
Members – Membership & User Role Editor Plugin 300K+ · 4.9★ (1281)
wp.org #7 ↑1 2 too low 6 
Duplicate Page 3M+ · 4.8★ (467)
wp.org #5 ↑1 1 too high 7 
Admin Menu Editor 300K+ · 4.6★ (312)
wp.org #6 ↑3 1 too high 8 
Checkout Field Editor (Checkout Manager) for WooCommerce 400K+ · 4.9★ (1056)
wp.org #11 ↓4 3 too low 9 
Otter Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks, Page Builder for Gutenberg Editor & FSE 300K+ · 4.7★ (251)
wp.org #10 1 too low 10 
Advanced Editor Tools 1M+ · 4.5★ (354)
wp.org #9 ↓6 1 too high 11 
Page scroll to id 100K+ · 4.9★ (225)
wp.org #13 ↑2 2 too low 12 Classic Editor + 30K+ · 4.9★ (31)
wp.org #8 ↑11 4 too high 13 
BEAR – Bulk Editor for WooCommerce Professional. AI assistant on board (MCP Server) 30K+ · 4.7★ (228)
wp.org #14 ↑2 1 too low 14 
Gutenverse – WordPress Blocks, Page Builder & Site Editor 20K+ · 4.9★ (190)
wp.org #15 ↓2 1 too low 15 P Page-list 30K+ · 4.7★ (89)
wp.org #12 ↓1 3 too high 16 
Page Builder by SiteOrigin 400K+ · 4.8★ (1005)
wp.org #21 ↑2 5 too low 17 
Post and Page Builder by BoldGrid – Visual Drag and Drop Editor 50K+ · 4.7★ (140)
wp.org #18 1 too low 18 
Simple Page Ordering 100K+ · 4.7★ (131)
wp.org #17 1 too high 19 
WP Editor 20K+ · 4.5★ (95)
wp.org #16 ↓2 3 too high 20 
Colibri Page Builder 80K+ · 4.4★ (80)
wp.org #20 ↓8 21 
Better Block Editor (BBE) 6K+ · 5.0★ (11) thin reviews
wp.org #23 2 too low 22 
WP Duplicate Page 60K+ · 4.2★ (16) thin reviews
wp.org #22 23 
Page Visits Counter – Lite 5K+ · 4.0★ (7) thin reviews
wp.org #19 ↑1 4 too high 24 
Snow Monkey Editor 30K+ · 4.0★ (5) thin reviews
wp.org #24 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.