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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “pagination table”

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 “pagination table”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 2 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

TableKit – WordPress Table Builder for Data Tables, WooCommerce Product Tables & Post Tables shows at wp.org #4 but places #15 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 3K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 4 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor places #11 on merit, 4.8★ from 612 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 TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy 600K+ · 5.0★ (4625) wp.org #1 2 WP Table Builder – Drag & Drop Table Builder 50K+ · 4.8★ (681) wp.org #2 3 wpDataTables – WordPress Data Table, Dynamic Tables & Table Charts Plugin 60K+ · 4.5★ (449) wp.org #3 4 Product Table & List Builder for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.9★ (254) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 Product Table for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.8★ (295) wp.org #5 6 Ninja Tables – Easy Data Table Builder 70K+ · 4.6★ (472) wp.org #9 ↓2 3 too low 7 Data Tables Generator by Supsystic – Excel-like, WooCommerce & Pricing Tables 10K+ · 4.7★ (497) wp.org #11 4 too low 8 Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #13 5 too low 9 WP Data Access – App Builder for Tables, Forms, Dashboards, Charts & Maps 10K+ · 4.9★ (88) wp.org #10 1 too low 10 FlexTable – Data Table Sync with Google Sheets 3K+ · 4.6★ (35) wp.org #8 ↑1 2 too high 11 Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ · 4.8★ (612) wp.org #17 ↓1 6 too low 12 PVT – Product Variation Table for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (49) wp.org #12 13 Posts Table with Search & Sort 3K+ · 4.6★ (19) wp.org #7 ↑1 6 too high 14 Visualizer – Tables & Charts Manager with Built-in AI Generator 20K+ · 4.4★ (225) wp.org #16 ↓1 2 too low 15 TableKit – WordPress Table Builder for Data Tables, WooCommerce Product Tables & Post Tables 3K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #4 11 too high 16 Tableberg – Simple Gutenberg Table Block 4K+ · 4.8★ (46) wp.org #21 5 too low 17 Code Snippets 1M+ · 4.7★ (510) wp.org #23 ↓6 6 too low 18 WowShipping – Table Rate & Weight Based Shipping 700+ · 5.0★ (25) wp.org #14 4 too high 19 Tablesome Table – Contact Form DB – WPForms, CF7, Gravity, Forminator, Fluent 7K+ · 4.8★ (89) wp.org #24 ↓1 5 too low 20 TableOn – WordPress Posts Table Filterable 200+ · 4.6★ (15) wp.org #20 21 TableMaster for Elementor – Responsive Data Tables & Comparison Tables 400+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #22 1 too low 22 Table Editor 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 4 too high 23 WPC Variations Table for WooCommerce 500+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #15 ↓1 8 too high 24 Table Addons for Elementor – Responsive Table Builder 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 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.