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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “tab title”

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 “tab title”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 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

AffiliateWP – Affiliate Area Tabs shows at wp.org #7 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 3K+ 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

All-in-one Sticky Floating Contact Form, Call, Click to Chat, and 50+ Social Icon Tabs – My Sticky Elements places #11 on merit, 4.9★ from 542 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. 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★ (7323) wp.org #2 ↑1 1 too low 2 Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27821) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 Custom Product Tabs for WooCommerce & WordPress Tabs Builder – Smart Tabs 10K+ · 4.9★ (134) wp.org #3 ↓1 4 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051) wp.org #6 ↑7 1 too low 6 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ · 4.8★ (7519) wp.org #8 ↓2 2 too low 7 Browser Tab Title Reminder 300+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #1 6 too high 8 Tabby Responsive Tabs 10K+ · 4.9★ (144) wp.org #13 ↓1 5 too low 9 Auto Image Attributes From Filename With Bulk Updater (Add Alt Text, Image Title For Image SEO) 100K+ · 4.8★ (93) wp.org #11 ↓1 2 too low 10 Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 600K+ · 4.8★ (333) wp.org #14 ↑10 4 too low 11 All-in-one Sticky Floating Contact Form, Call, Click to Chat, and 50+ Social Icon Tabs – My Sticky Elements 40K+ · 4.9★ (542) wp.org #24 ↓1 13 too low 12 Title Limit for WooCommerce 4K+ · 4.7★ (20) wp.org #9 ↓2 3 too high 13 All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) wp.org #21 ↓3 8 too low 14 Tabs Widget for Page Builder 3K+ · 4.8★ (19) wp.org #15 ↓1 1 too low 15 Responsive Tabs 4K+ · 4.2★ (41) wp.org #19 ↓2 4 too low 16 E Expand Tabs for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (27) wp.org #16 ↓1 17 Product Tabs Manager for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.9★ (38) wp.org #22 ↓14 5 too low 18 Advanced Tabs Block 1K+ · 3.3★ (15) wp.org #17 ↓1 1 too high 19 Tab Ultimate 1K+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #18 ↑1 1 too high 20 WPC Product Tabs for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #23 ↓1 3 too low 21 Responsive Tabs For Elementor 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 ↑1 11 too high 22 AffiliateWP – Affiliate Area Tabs 3K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 ↑2 15 too high 23 Tab Return Notifier 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 ↑9 11 too high 24 Tabs Block – Responsive Gutenberg Tabs for Block Editor 700+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 4 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.