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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “swiper”

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 “swiper”, 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

Custom Swiper Slider for Elementor shows at wp.org #4 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 14 places. Its 400+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 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 #6 on merit, 4.7★ from 434 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 WP Swiper 5K+ · 5.0★ (24) wp.org #1 2 Carousel Slider Block for Gutenberg 50K+ · 4.8★ (59) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Logo Carousel – Responsive Logo Slider, Logo Showcase, and Clients Logo Gallery 20K+ · 4.7★ (162) wp.org #11 8 too low 4 Product Gallery Swiper for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 Spectra Blocks – AI Website Builder for the Block Editor 60K+ · 4.6★ (53) wp.org #9 ↓1 4 too low 6 AI-Powered Carousel, Slider, Video & Photo Gallery Blocks by WP Carousel 60K+ · 4.7★ (434) wp.org #19 13 too low 7 Colibri Page Builder 80K+ · 4.4★ (80) wp.org #13 ↓4 6 too low 8 Gutenslider — Slider Block for the Block Editor 10K+ · 4.0★ (65) wp.org #12 4 too low 9 Shared Albums for Google Photos 500+ · 4.9★ (10) wp.org #8 ↑3 1 too high 10 Flash Toolkit 10K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #5 5 too high 11 Carousel Block – Showcase Images in Elegant Sliding Displays 7K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #7 4 too high 12 Better Post & Filter Widgets for Elementor 4K+ · 5.0★ (18) wp.org #14 ↓2 2 too low 13 TP Product Image Flipper for WooCommerce 9K+ · 4.7★ (24) wp.org #20 ↓3 7 too low 14 Makeiteasy Slider 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #6 8 too high 15 Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want 10K+ · 4.2★ (17) wp.org #16 ↓2 1 too low 16 GutSlider – All in One Slider and Carousel Blocks for Gutenberg 6K+ · 4.9★ (14) wp.org #18 ↓3 2 too low 17 Awesome Logo Carousel Block 4K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #10 7 too high 18 Custom Swiper Slider for Elementor 400+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 14 too high 19 Slide everything for Elementor 6K+ · 4.5★ (12) wp.org #24 ↓3 5 too low 20 Toocheke Companion 1K+ · 4.6★ (8) wp.org #21 ↓2 1 too low 21 GSlider Blocks 1K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #23 2 too low 22 Advanced Marquee Effect for Elementor – Smooth Marquee, News Ticker, Image Box & Icon Box Marquee 2K+ · 4.7★ (6) wp.org #22 ↓2 23 Content Slider Block – Bring your content to life with slides 3K+ · 3.2★ (5) wp.org #15 ↓2 8 too high 24 Nasio Blocks 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↓1 7 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.