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

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 button”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 of the top 20. 4 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

Button Block – Stylish buttons that get more clicks shows at wp.org #5 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 5K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 7 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons places #10 on merit, 4.8★ from 5333 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. 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 Scroll Top 200K+ · 4.9★ (142) wp.org #2 3 Call Now Button – The Free Click to Call Button for WordPress 200K+ · 4.8★ (102) wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too low 4 Smooth Back To Top Button 40K+ · 4.9★ (31) wp.org #3 ↑1 1 too high 5 Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #14 ↑2 9 too low 6 AddToAny Share Buttons 300K+ · 4.7★ (1114) wp.org #9 3 too low 7 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) wp.org #10 3 too low 8 ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051) wp.org #15 ↑3 7 too low 9 Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button – Chaty 300K+ · 5.0★ (1244) wp.org #19 10 too low 10 Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons 100K+ · 4.8★ (5333) wp.org #24 ↓3 14 too low 11 Smooth Page Scroll Up/Down Buttons 2K+ · 5.0★ (21) wp.org #7 4 too high 12 Catch Infinite Scroll 10K+ · 4.3★ (21) wp.org #6 6 too high 13 Buttonizer – Floating Menus, Sticky Buttons, & Popup Builder 70K+ · 4.5★ (151) wp.org #8 5 too high 14 Social Chat – Click To Chat App Button 200K+ · 4.9★ (696) wp.org #21 7 too low 15 WP Call Button – Easy Click to Call Button for WordPress 40K+ · 4.7★ (69) wp.org #16 ↓2 1 too low 16 Button Block – Stylish buttons that get more clicks 5K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #5 11 too high 17 jQuery Smooth Scroll 10K+ · 4.5★ (47) wp.org #18 ↓1 1 too low 18 Buttonizer – Live Chat, AI Chatbot, Call, Chat, Contact Button 50K+ · 5.0★ (23) wp.org #11 7 too high 19 Back To The Top Button 4K+ · 5.0★ (28) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 Add to Calendar Button 3K+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #17 ↓2 3 too high 21 Simple Scroll To Top WP 1K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #22 1 too low 22 Bolt CTA Button – Floating Call Button for WordPress 2K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #13 9 too high 23 Blog Floating Button 8K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 11 too high 24 Horizontal Slider with Scroll 300+ · 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.