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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “range slider”

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 “range slider”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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

Range Slider for Elementor Forms shows at wp.org #3 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 21 places. Its 300+ 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.

Buried gem

Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder places #10 on merit, 4.8★ from 2143 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Smart Slider 3 800K+ · 4.9★ (1125) wp.org #1 2 Ultra Addons for Contact Form 7 60K+ · 4.8★ (107) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 Product Gallery Slider, Additional Variation Images for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.6★ (160) wp.org #7 ↑3 4 too low 4 Prime Slider – Hero Slider, Carousel, WooCommerce & Post Slider Elementor Addons 100K+ · 4.5★ (82) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 Robo Gallery – Photo & Image Slider 40K+ · 4.3★ (406) wp.org #9 ↑13 4 too low 6 Carousel Slider 30K+ · 4.3★ (160) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Range Slider Addon for Gravity Forms 1K+ · 4.8★ (4) wp.org #2 5 too high 8 Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ · 4.8★ (612) wp.org #15 ↑2 7 too low 9 TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation 400K+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #19 ↓3 10 too low 10 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2143) wp.org #21 ↓3 11 too low 11 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #16 5 too low 12 Product Gallery Slider, Additional Variation Images, Product Video, Product Image Zoom and Lightbox for WooCommerce – Reno Product Gallery (formerly WooGallery) 20K+ · 4.9★ (162) wp.org #12 ↓1 13 Ultimate Before After Image Slider & Gallery – BEAF 30K+ · 4.9★ (107) wp.org #18 ↓4 5 too low 14 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #22 ↓2 8 too low 15 Category AJAX Filter – Posts, Custom Post Types & Product Filter 6K+ · 4.9★ (158) wp.org #23 8 too low 16 HUSKY – Products Filter for WooCommerce Professional. MCP is onboard 80K+ · 4.6★ (337) wp.org #17 ↑2 1 too low 17 HT Slider For Elementor 20K+ · 3.8★ (12) wp.org #10 ↓1 7 too high 18 Quick Interest Slider 1K+ · 4.6★ (13) wp.org #14 ↓1 4 too high 19 Multiple Range Slider For Gravity Form 70+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #8 ↓1 11 too high 20 MetaSlider Gallery – Image Gallery, Lightbox Galleries, Video Galleries 10K+ · 4.4★ (9) wp.org #20 ↓5 21 Cool FormKit Lite – Advanced Form Builder for Elementor 20K+ · 4.6★ (25) wp.org #24 3 too low 22 Range Slider Field for Contact Form 7 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #11 ↓3 11 too high 23 Makeiteasy Slider 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #13 ↓1 10 too high 24 Range Slider for Elementor Forms 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 21 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.