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

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 content”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 7 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

Scroll Down Arrow shows at wp.org #10 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 900+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Sticky Menu & Sticky Header places #10 on merit, 4.7★ from 763 reviews, but shows at wp.org #15. 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 Content Views – Post Grid & Filter (Shortcode, Blocks, Elementor Widgets) 100K+ · 4.8★ (333) wp.org #4 ↑1 1 too low 4 MouseWheel Smooth Scroll 90K+ · 4.5★ (44) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #9 ↑2 4 too low 6 Table of Contents Plus – Automatic Table of Contents for Posts & Pages 200K+ · 4.5★ (187) wp.org #6 ↑2 7 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) wp.org #8 ↑2 1 too low 8 ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051) wp.org #11 ↑4 3 too low 9 Secure Copy Content Protection and Content Locking 20K+ · 4.3★ (62) wp.org #7 ↓1 2 too high 10 Sticky Menu & Sticky Header 90K+ · 4.7★ (763) wp.org #15 ↓8 5 too low 11 Catch Infinite Scroll 10K+ · 4.3★ (21) wp.org #5 ↓1 6 too high 12 Easy Table of Contents 600K+ · 4.4★ (221) wp.org #12 ↑2 13 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #22 ↑2 9 too low 14 jQuery Smooth Scroll 10K+ · 4.5★ (47) wp.org #14 ↓2 15 SimpleTOC – Table of Contents Block 10K+ · 4.9★ (77) wp.org #24 9 too low 16 Smooth Page Scroll Up/Down Buttons 2K+ · 5.0★ (21) wp.org #16 17 Cookies and Content Security Policy 10K+ · 4.9★ (67) wp.org #20 3 too low 18 Hash Link Scroll Offset 1K+ · 5.0★ (14) wp.org #19 ↓1 1 too low 19 S Surbma | Smooth Scroll 2K+ · 4.7★ (14) wp.org #17 2 too high 20 Advanced Floating Content Lite 7K+ · 4.1★ (30) wp.org #18 ↑1 2 too high 21 F Fast Smooth Scroll 800+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #13 8 too high 22 Scroll Down Arrow 900+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #10 ↓1 12 too high 23 Catch Scroll Progress Bar 1K+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #21 2 too high 24 Horizontal Slider with Scroll 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 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.