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

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 css”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 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 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

Responsive Tabs For Elementor shows at wp.org #16 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 1K+ 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

TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy places #9 on merit, 5.0★ from 4625 reviews, but shows at wp.org #18. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Responsive Lightbox & Gallery 100K+ · 4.9★ (2003) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 WP Responsive Menu 30K+ · 4.3★ (100) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 CSS & JavaScript Toolbox 10K+ · 4.8★ (84) wp.org #3 ↑2 1 too high 5 Responsive Menu – Mobile Menu & Hamburger Menu Builder 70K+ · 4.5★ (574) wp.org #5 ↓4 6 Ultimate Responsive Image Slider 30K+ · 4.5★ (248) wp.org #6 ↑1 7 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) wp.org #10 ↑2 3 too low 8 Make Tables Responsive 6K+ · 5.0★ (34) wp.org #7 ↓1 1 too high 9 TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy 600K+ · 5.0★ (4625) wp.org #18 9 too low 10 Responsive Gallery Grid 4K+ · 4.7★ (66) wp.org #8 ↑3 2 too high 11 Advanced Responsive Video Embedder for Rumble, Odysee, YouTube, Vimeo, Kick … 20K+ · 4.2★ (169) wp.org #11 ↓2 12 Responsive Mortgage Calculator 7K+ · 4.4★ (21) wp.org #9 ↓1 3 too high 13 Responsive Pricing Table 10K+ · 4.6★ (91) wp.org #22 ↓3 9 too low 14 Visual CSS Style Editor 30K+ · 4.1★ (90) wp.org #20 ↑2 6 too low 15 Responsive Slideshow – Photo Carousel 2K+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #13 2 too high 16 Block Responsive – Make Editor Blocks Responsive Easily 800+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #12 ↓2 4 too high 17 Responsive Slider Gallery – Responsive Image Photo Slider 2K+ · 4.5★ (13) wp.org #14 3 too high 18 Responsive Tabs 4K+ · 4.2★ (41) wp.org #21 ↓3 3 too low 19 Responsive Starter Templates – Elementor Templates & Starter Sites 10K+ · 4.5★ (39) wp.org #19 ↓2 20 Photospace Responsive Gallery 800+ · 4.7★ (11) wp.org #17 3 too high 21 Enable Responsive Image 1K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #15 6 too high 22 Custom CSS for Elementor 5K+ · 4.0★ (9) wp.org #24 ↓3 2 too low 23 Responsive Addons for Elementor – Free Elementor Addons, Kits and Elementor Templates 3K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #23 ↑1 24 Responsive Tabs For Elementor 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 8 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.