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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “scroll bar”

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

Catch Scroll Progress Bar shows at wp.org #3 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.0★ average from 4 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor places #8 on merit, 4.9★ from 2051 reviews, but shows at wp.org #14. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Page scroll to id 100K+ · 4.9★ (225) wp.org #1 2 WPFront Notification Bar 40K+ · 4.5★ (131) wp.org #2 3 My Sticky Bar – Floating Notification Bar & Sticky Header (formerly myStickymenu) 100K+ · 4.9★ (1199) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #6 ↓1 2 too low 5 Sticky Menu & Sticky Header 90K+ · 4.7★ (763) wp.org #10 ↓3 5 too low 6 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) wp.org #7 ↑6 1 too low 7 Mobile Contact Bar 9K+ · 4.6★ (30) wp.org #5 ↑1 2 too high 8 ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051) wp.org #14 ↑1 6 too low 9 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #12 3 too low 10 Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ · 4.8★ (612) wp.org #16 6 too low 11 Speed Contact Bar 4K+ · 4.6★ (56) wp.org #9 ↑2 2 too high 12 EU Cookies Bar for WordPress 9K+ · 4.8★ (26) wp.org #8 4 too high 13 Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load 30K+ · 4.8★ (287) wp.org #19 6 too low 14 Notibar – Notification Bar for WordPress 8K+ · 4.8★ (71) wp.org #18 4 too low 15 jQuery Smooth Scroll 10K+ · 4.5★ (47) wp.org #15 ↓1 16 Catch Scroll Progress Bar 1K+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #3 13 too high 17 HashBar – Announcement, Notification Bar & Popup Campaign 9K+ · 4.2★ (38) wp.org #13 ↓4 4 too high 18 Easy Notification Bar 9K+ · 4.6★ (16) wp.org #11 ↓1 7 too high 19 Depicter — Popup & Slider Builder 70K+ · 4.6★ (235) wp.org #21 2 too low 20 Announcer – Sticky Message Banner & Notification Bar 10K+ · 4.8★ (40) wp.org #23 3 too low 21 Hash Link Scroll Offset 1K+ · 5.0★ (14) wp.org #17 4 too high 22 Read Meter – Reading Time & Progress Bar 10K+ · 4.5★ (19) wp.org #20 2 too high 23 YooBar – Notification Bar & Announcement Bar 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓2 1 too low 24 WBD Progress Bar For Gutenberg 200+ · 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.