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

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 “pullquote”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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.

Ranked above its merit

Seeb Abilities – 100 New Abilities, Infinite Possibilities for AI Agents shows at wp.org #13 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its — 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 Click To Tweet 2K+ · 4.0★ (14) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 Twentig Supercharged Block Editor – Blocks, Patterns, Starter Sites, Portfolio 20K+ · 4.9★ (171) wp.org #4 ↓3 2 too low 3 Simple Pull Quote 1K+ · 4.2★ (10) wp.org #2 ↑1 1 too high 4 Search & Replace Text in Blocks 100+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Options for Twenty Twenty 3K+ · 4.7★ (31) wp.org #15 ↓2 10 too low 6 FrontEdit – Live Frontend Block Editor 2K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #3 ↑1 3 too high 7 AnimateGL – WebGL & CSS Scroll Animations and Hover Effects for Gutenberg and Elementor 2K+ · 5.0★ (22) wp.org #18 11 too low 8 Eight Day Week Print Workflow 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 Blockenberg — 645 Advanced Gutenberg Blocks, 683 Templates and AI Agent for WordPress Block Editor 1K+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 Snowball 100+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #22 ↓3 12 too low 11 Pull Quotes 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 3 too high 12 Image Responsive Slider 200+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #21 ↓3 9 too low 13 P Paragraph Block Converter — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 4 too high 14 HTML5 Semantic Elements 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 4 too high 15 Kafash Editorial Enhancer (Lite) — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 4 too high 16 Alkamy Block Editor Product Descriptions for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 4 too high 17 Search and Replace for Block Editor 500+ · 4.0★ (3) wp.org #16 ↓2 1 too high 18 Post Formats for Block Themes — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓2 4 too high 19 C Content Anchor Links 1K+ · 3.8★ (5) wp.org #24 ↓3 5 too low 20 Seeb Abilities – 100 New Abilities, Infinite Possibilities for AI Agents — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 7 too high 21 Convert Blocks to JSON 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓3 2 too high 22 Asteris Blocks 100+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↓3 2 too high 23 LSX Blocks 90+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓2 6 too high 24 Block Metadata 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 ↓3 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.