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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “responsive chart”

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 “responsive chart”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 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

Ninja Charts – Interactive Charts and Graphs shows at wp.org #11 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 3K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.0★ average from 6 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

PrettyLinks – Affiliate Link Management, URL Shortener, Link Cloaking, Tracking & Branded Short Links places #11 on merit, 4.8★ from 1322 reviews, but shows at wp.org #23. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 wpDataTables – WordPress Data Table, Dynamic Tables & Table Charts Plugin 60K+ · 4.5★ (449) wp.org #1 2 M Chart 3K+ · 4.9★ (28) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 Visualizer – Tables & Charts Manager with Built-in AI Generator 20K+ · 4.4★ (225) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 Chartify – WordPress Chart Plugin 3K+ · 4.9★ (28) wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too high 5 ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051) wp.org #10 ↓1 5 too low 6 Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #13 7 too low 7 Organization chart 5K+ · 5.0★ (13) wp.org #4 3 too high 8 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #17 ↑2 9 too low 9 Quiz Maker by AYS 20K+ · 4.9★ (601) wp.org #20 11 too low 10 Responsive Mortgage Calculator 7K+ · 4.4★ (21) wp.org #7 3 too high 11 PrettyLinks – Affiliate Link Management, URL Shortener, Link Cloaking, Tracking & Branded Short Links 200K+ · 4.8★ (1322) wp.org #23 ↓3 12 too low 12 Simple Org Chart 900+ · 4.8★ (22) wp.org #8 4 too high 13 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #21 ↑2 8 too low 14 Chart Block – Visualize Data with Bar, Line, Pie Charts 1K+ · 4.8★ (10) wp.org #6 8 too high 15 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #19 ↓2 4 too low 16 Product Size Charts Plugin for WooCommerce 9K+ · 4.3★ (39) wp.org #9 ↑2 7 too high 17 Simple Sitemap – Responsive HTML Sitemap for WordPress 60K+ · 3.9★ (72) wp.org #16 1 too high 18 SQL Chart Builder 500+ · 3.9★ (22) wp.org #12 6 too high 19 Graphina – Charts and Graphs For Elementor 9K+ · 4.1★ (16) wp.org #14 5 too high 20 iChart – Easy Charts and Graphs 300+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #15 5 too high 21 Ninja Charts – Interactive Charts and Graphs 3K+ · 3.0★ (6) wp.org #11 ↓1 10 too high 22 bChart – Interactive Data Charts 30+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #24 ↓3 2 too low 23 CS Size Chart 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 5 too high 24 SizeSync – Size Chart & Size Guide for WooCommerce 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 2 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.