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

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 up”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 3 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.

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Ranked above its merit

Fast Smooth Scroll shows at wp.org #8 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 800+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner places #10 on merit, 4.7★ from 1668 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WPFront Scroll Top 200K+ · 4.9★ (142) wp.org #1 2 Page scroll to id 100K+ · 4.9★ (225) wp.org #2 3 Poptin – Email Marketing Automation, Newsletter & Exit Pop Ups, Email Popups 20K+ · 4.9★ (701) wp.org #5 ↑1 2 too low 4 Sticky Menu & Sticky Header 90K+ · 4.7★ (763) wp.org #6 ↓1 2 too low 5 Smooth Page Scroll Up/Down Buttons 2K+ · 5.0★ (21) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #12 ↓2 6 too low 7 ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051) wp.org #11 ↑1 4 too low 8 Catch Infinite Scroll 10K+ · 4.3★ (21) wp.org #4 4 too high 9 jQuery Smooth Scroll 10K+ · 4.5★ (47) wp.org #7 ↑1 2 too high 10 Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1668) wp.org #19 ↓6 9 too low 11 To Top 60K+ · 4.8★ (54) wp.org #10 ↑1 1 too high 12 Coupon X – Discount Popups, Promo Codes Pop Ups for WooCommerce & Announcement Popups 1K+ · 4.9★ (52) wp.org #13 ↓6 1 too low 13 Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load 30K+ · 4.8★ (287) wp.org #23 ↓1 10 too low 14 Sticky Header Effects for Elementor 300K+ · 4.5★ (69) wp.org #21 ↓1 7 too low 15 Hash Link Scroll Offset 1K+ · 5.0★ (14) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 Block Animations, Motion & Scroll Effects – Ghost Kit 6K+ · 4.6★ (46) wp.org #24 8 too low 17 X-Scroll To Top – Responsive 200+ · 4.1★ (8) wp.org #9 8 too high 18 F Fast Smooth Scroll 800+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #8 ↑1 10 too high 19 Beam me up Scotty – Back to Top Button 1K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #15 4 too high 20 MM Back To Top — Scroll Up Button 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #20 ↓2 21 Catch Scroll Progress Bar 1K+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #17 4 too high 22 WP Counter Up – Animated Number Counter & Milestone Showcase 1K+ · 4.0★ (5) wp.org #16 6 too high 23 Scroll Top | HR Scroll Top 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too high 24 Scroll to Top – Smooth Scroll Up, Back to Top & Reading Progress Bar 60+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 ↑1 6 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.