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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “slide effect”

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 “slide effect”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Content Slider Block – Bring your content to life with slides shows at wp.org #12 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 3K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.2★ average from 5 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

AI-Powered Carousel, Slider, Video & Photo Gallery Blocks by WP Carousel places #8 on merit, 4.7★ from 434 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322) wp.org #1 2 Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider 500K+ · 4.6★ (743) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 Sticky Header Effects for Elementor 300K+ · 4.5★ (69) wp.org #3 ↓1 4 Image Hover Effects Ultimate ( Image Gallery, Effects, Lightbox, Comparison & Magnifier ) 10K+ · 4.7★ (250) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Image Hover Effects – Elementor Addon 40K+ · 4.9★ (83) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 Unlimited Elements for Elementor 300K+ · 4.8★ (525) wp.org #14 ↓1 7 too low 8 AI-Powered Carousel, Slider, Video & Photo Gallery Blocks by WP Carousel 60K+ · 4.7★ (434) wp.org #16 8 too low 9 Hover Effects – easily create any hover effect 7K+ · 4.8★ (17) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider 60K+ · 4.6★ (504) wp.org #18 ↓3 8 too low 11 AnimateGL – WebGL & CSS Scroll Animations and Hover Effects for Gutenberg and Elementor 2K+ · 5.0★ (22) wp.org #8 3 too high 12 Max Mega Menu 300K+ · 4.8★ (882) wp.org #20 ↓4 8 too low 13 Block Animations, Motion & Scroll Effects – Ghost Kit 6K+ · 4.6★ (46) wp.org #10 ↑1 3 too high 14 Ultimate Addons for Elementor – Widgets, Templates, WooCommerce & Header Footer Builder 2M+ · 4.9★ (2528) wp.org #21 7 too low 15 Ultimate Responsive Image Slider 30K+ · 4.5★ (248) wp.org #19 ↑3 4 too low 16 Blocks Animation: CSS Animations for Gutenberg Blocks 90K+ · 4.8★ (73) wp.org #17 ↓3 1 too low 17 Overlay Image Divi Module 2K+ · 5.0★ (17) wp.org #11 ↓2 6 too high 18 Product Gallery Slider, Additional Variation Images for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.6★ (160) wp.org #23 5 too low 19 MaxSlider 6K+ · 4.7★ (12) wp.org #9 ↓1 10 too high 20 Super block slider – Image/video background & content slider 8K+ · 5.0★ (14) wp.org #24 ↓6 4 too low 21 Slider Ultimate 500+ · 3.9★ (20) wp.org #22 ↓5 1 too low 22 Parallax Section Block – Add Parallax Scrolling Effects to Sections 3K+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #13 9 too high 23 Content Slider Block – Bring your content to life with slides 3K+ · 3.2★ (5) wp.org #12 ↓2 11 too high 24 OffCanvas / Drawer – add sleek slide-in panels to any page 900+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↓3 9 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.