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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “tabs html”

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 “tabs html”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 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

Tabs Block – Responsive Gutenberg Tabs for Block Editor shows at wp.org #10 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 700+ 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

Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder places #6 on merit, 4.5★ from 7322 reviews, but shows at wp.org #11. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Custom Product Tabs for WooCommerce & WordPress Tabs Builder – Smart Tabs 10K+ · 4.9★ (134) wp.org #1 2 Product Tabs for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (69) wp.org #2 3 HTML Forms – Simple WordPress Forms Plugin 10K+ · 4.9★ (57) wp.org #3 ↑1 4 HTML Editor Syntax Highlighter 60K+ · 4.4★ (110) wp.org #4 ↑1 5 Custom Product tabs for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.9★ (48) wp.org #5 ↓2 6 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322) wp.org #11 5 too low 7 Email Template Designer – WP HTML Mail 20K+ · 4.8★ (87) wp.org #9 2 too low 8 Minify HTML 10K+ · 4.7★ (33) wp.org #8 9 Custom HTML Block Extension 7K+ · 5.0★ (13) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 Plethora Tabs + Accordions 2K+ · 4.9★ (8) wp.org #6 4 too high 11 Simple Sitemap – Responsive HTML Sitemap for WordPress 60K+ · 3.9★ (72) wp.org #12 1 too low 12 A Allow HTML in Category Descriptions 8K+ · 5.0★ (41) wp.org #15 3 too low 13 Code Snippets 1M+ · 4.7★ (510) wp.org #21 ↓7 8 too low 14 Product Tabs Manager for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.9★ (38) wp.org #16 ↑1 2 too low 15 Tabs Widget for Page Builder 3K+ · 4.8★ (19) wp.org #13 2 too high 16 CSV to HTML 300+ · 5.0★ (22) wp.org #19 ↑1 3 too low 17 Simple Side Tab 10K+ · 4.8★ (22) wp.org #20 ↑1 3 too low 18 Custom Product Tabs Lite for WooCommerce 4K+ · 4.2★ (33) wp.org #24 6 too low 19 Always Edit In HTML 1K+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #14 ↑2 5 too high 20 Additional Custom Product Tabs for WooCommerce 400+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #23 3 too low 21 AI to Elementor — HTML Importer for Elementor 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #17 ↑1 4 too high 22 HTML Page Publisher 500+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #18 ↑1 4 too high 23 Tabs Block – Responsive Gutenberg Tabs for Block Editor 700+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 13 too high 24 Advance Custom HTML – Show Off Code Snippets with Live Preview 10K+ · 2.5★ (4) wp.org #22 2 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.