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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “table fast sorting”

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 “table fast sorting”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 5 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.

Ranked above its merit

TableKit – WordPress Table Builder for Data Tables, WooCommerce Product Tables & Post Tables shows at wp.org #1 but places #5 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its 3K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 4 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Product Table & List Builder for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.9★ (254) wp.org #3 2 too low 2 Product Table for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.8★ (295) wp.org #2 3 Ninja Tables – Easy Data Table Builder 70K+ · 4.6★ (472) wp.org #4 ↑1 1 too low 4 Data Tables Generator by Supsystic – Excel-like, WooCommerce & Pricing Tables 10K+ · 4.7★ (497) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 TableKit – WordPress Table Builder for Data Tables, WooCommerce Product Tables & Post Tables 3K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #1 4 too high 6 Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #8 2 too low 7 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #7 8 Simple Custom Post Order 300K+ · 4.8★ (588) wp.org #9 1 too low 9 FlexTable – Data Table Sync with Google Sheets 3K+ · 4.6★ (35) wp.org #5 ↓1 4 too high 10 Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ · 4.8★ (612) wp.org #10 ↑1 11 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #11 ↓1 12 Download Monitor 80K+ · 4.5★ (525) wp.org #12 13 Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery 300K+ · 4.3★ (4342) wp.org #18 5 too low 14 Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 600K+ · 4.8★ (333) wp.org #15 1 too low 15 TI WooCommerce Wishlist 100K+ · 4.7★ (503) wp.org #17 2 too low 16 FluentCommunity – Ultra-Fast High-Performance Social Network, Community, LMS & Online Courses 8K+ · 4.8★ (96) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 WRC Pricing Tables – Responsive CSS3 Pricing Tables 1K+ · 4.2★ (36) wp.org #13 4 too high 18 WP Fast Total Search – The Power of Indexed Search 1K+ · 4.4★ (28) wp.org #16 2 too high 19 BrikPanel: WooCommerce Dashboard & Analytics, Abandoned Cart Recovery, Order Export, Inventory Management & Bulk Editor 1K+ · 5.0★ (55) wp.org #21 2 too low 20 Rearrange Products for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.6★ (58) wp.org #24 4 too low 21 Wholesale Order Table for WooCommerce 70+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #19 2 too high 22 Sheetable – Google Sheets to WP Table 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 Superb Table (SEO Optimized Tables With Schema) 2K+ · 3.6★ (5) wp.org #22 1 too high 24 Ultimate Data Table Addon For Elementor 1K+ · 0.0★ (0) 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.