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

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

Ninja Charts – Interactive Charts and Graphs shows at wp.org #2 but places #14 on merit, a gap of 12 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

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