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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “stick widget”

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 “stick widget”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 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.

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Ranked above its merit

FameTheme Demo Importer shows at wp.org #9 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 30K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

My Sticky Bar – Floating Notification Bar & Sticky Header (formerly myStickymenu) places #8 on merit, 4.9★ from 1199 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Sticky Menu & Sticky Header 90K+ · 4.7★ (763) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy 600K+ · 5.0★ (4625) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads 300K+ · 4.9★ (2433) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Ocean Stick Anything 20K+ · 4.8★ (8) wp.org #1 3 too high 5 Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gallery plugin) 100K+ · 4.8★ (205) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 Hubbub Lite – Fast, free social sharing and follow buttons 30K+ · 4.7★ (173) wp.org #8 2 too low 7 Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons 100K+ · 4.8★ (5333) wp.org #15 ↓4 8 too low 8 My Sticky Bar – Floating Notification Bar & Sticky Header (formerly myStickymenu) 100K+ · 4.9★ (1199) wp.org #17 ↑2 9 too low 9 CMS Tree Page View – Reorder Pages with a Drag-and-Drop Tree 50K+ · 4.9★ (365) wp.org #16 ↓1 7 too low 10 All-in-One Sticky Anything – Click to Call, Fixed Widget, Sticky Header, Menu & Sidebar 1K+ · 4.9★ (15) wp.org #6 4 too high 11 WP Socializer – Simple & Easy Social Media Share Icons 10K+ · 4.5★ (128) wp.org #12 ↑1 1 too low 12 Sticky Block for Gutenberg Editor 7K+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #5 7 too high 13 Happyforms – Form Builder for WordPress: Drag & Drop Contact Forms, Surveys, Payments & Multipurpose Forms 20K+ · 4.4★ (433) wp.org #20 7 too low 14 Spotlight Social Photo Feed 60K+ · 4.7★ (171) wp.org #19 ↓3 5 too low 15 PushEngage – Web Push Notifications, WooCommerce Automation & Chat Widget 8K+ · 4.3★ (37) wp.org #10 ↓1 5 too high 16 Joli Table Of Contents – Table of Contents with Gutenberg Block & Shortcode 7K+ · 4.9★ (43) wp.org #13 ↑5 3 too high 17 URL Shortify – Simple and Easy URL Shortener 10K+ · 4.7★ (169) wp.org #22 5 too low 18 Blog Designer Pack – Blog, Post Grid, Post Slider, Post Carousel, Category Post, News 30K+ · 4.7★ (79) wp.org #21 3 too low 19 s2Member – Excellent for All Kinds of Memberships, Content Restriction Paywalls & Member Access Subscriptions 8K+ · 4.1★ (234) wp.org #23 ↑1 4 too low 20 Essential Classy Addons for Elementor – 150+ Widgets, Templates & Performance Tools 400+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #14 6 too high 21 Top Commentators Widget 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #11 ↑1 10 too high 22 F FameTheme Demo Importer 30K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 ↑1 13 too high 23 Smart Loan Calculator 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Sticky Content – Make Any Section Sticky on Scroll 500+ · 3.0★ (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.