wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “scroll jquery plugin”
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 jquery plugin”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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 #9 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 14 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
WP Sticky Sidebar – Floating Sidebar On Scroll for Any Theme places #10 on merit, 4.9★ from 153 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.
Page scroll to id 100K+ · 4.9★ (225) throws errorsnot PHP-current
wp.org #1 2 
WPFront Scroll Top 200K+ · 4.9★ (142)
wp.org #2 3 
jQuery Smooth Scroll 10K+ · 4.5★ (47)
wp.org #3 4 
Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1667)
wp.org #6 ↑2 2 too low 5 
Payment Plugins for Stripe WooCommerce 100K+ · 4.8★ (303) throws errorsnot PHP-current
wp.org #4 1 too high 6 
Sticky Menu & Sticky Header 90K+ · 4.7★ (763)
wp.org #10 ↑1 4 too low 7 
Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed – Easy Social Feeds Plugin 1M+ · 4.9★ (4358)
wp.org #11 ↓2 4 too low 8 
MouseWheel Smooth Scroll 90K+ · 4.5★ (44)
wp.org #5 3 too high 9 
Jquery Validation For Contact Form 7 8K+ · 4.6★ (87)
wp.org #8 ↓1 1 too high 10 WP Sticky Sidebar – Floating Sidebar On Scroll for Any Theme 10K+ · 4.9★ (153)
wp.org #19 ↓2 9 too low 11 
CartFlows – Funnel Builder & Checkout Plugin for WooCommerce 200K+ · 4.8★ (517) throws errorsnot PHP-current
wp.org #14 3 too low 12 
No Right Click Images 20K+ · 4.7★ (52)
wp.org #16 ↓1 4 too low 13 
LightPress Lightbox 40K+ · 4.6★ (72) throws errorsnot PHP-current
wp.org #12 1 too high 14 
Testimonial – Testimonial Slider and Showcase Plugin 20K+ · 4.6★ (67)
wp.org #20 ↓1 6 too low 15 
LazyLoad Plugin – Lazy Load Images, Videos, and Iframes 100K+ · 4.2★ (139)
wp.org #21 ↓1 6 too low 16 
jQuery Post Splitter 100+ · 4.6★ (37)
wp.org #15 1 too high 17 
Block Animations, Motion & Scroll Effects – Ghost Kit 6K+ · 4.6★ (46) heavy footprint
wp.org #17 ↑1 18 
Nexter Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks, Page Builder & AI Website Builder 9K+ · 4.8★ (90) heavy footprint
wp.org #23 5 too low 19 
Hash Link Scroll Offset 1K+ · 5.0★ (14) thin reviews
wp.org #13 6 too high 20 F Fast Smooth Scroll 800+ · 5.0★ (3) thin reviews
wp.org #7 ↓1 13 too high 21 
Animated Blocks on Scroll 2K+ · 5.0★ (8) thin reviews
wp.org #18 ↓2 3 too high 22 
Animator – Scroll Triggered Animations 1K+ · 4.5★ (15) throws errorsnot PHP-current thin reviews
wp.org #22 ↓1 23 Scroll Down Arrow 900+ · 5.0★ (2) thin reviews
wp.org #9 ↑1 14 too high 24 
SmartParallax – Parallax Scroll Effects & Scroll Animations 100+ · 5.0★ (3) thin reviews
wp.org #24 ↓2 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.