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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “text scroll”

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 “text scroll”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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

Slider Text Scroll shows at wp.org #3 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 400+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor places #9 on merit, 4.8★ from 612 reviews, but shows at wp.org #18. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Page scroll to id 100K+ · 4.9★ (225) wp.org #1 2 WPFront Scroll Top 200K+ · 4.9★ (142) wp.org #2 3 Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #7 ↑1 4 too low 4 ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051) wp.org #8 ↓2 4 too low 5 Text To Speech TTS Accessibility 4K+ · 4.8★ (92) wp.org #6 ↓1 1 too low 6 Sticky Menu & Sticky Header 90K+ · 4.7★ (763) wp.org #12 ↓5 6 too low 7 Catch Infinite Scroll 10K+ · 4.3★ (21) wp.org #4 3 too high 8 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) wp.org #10 2 too low 9 Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ · 4.8★ (612) wp.org #18 ↓2 9 too low 10 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #17 ↑3 7 too low 11 jQuery Smooth Scroll 10K+ · 4.5★ (47) wp.org #11 ↓2 12 Ajax Load More – Infinite Scroll, Load More, & Lazy Load 30K+ · 4.8★ (287) wp.org #21 ↓3 9 too low 13 Animated Text Block – Add Typing and Looping Text Effects 4K+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #5 ↑7 8 too high 14 Smooth Page Scroll Up/Down Buttons 2K+ · 5.0★ (21) wp.org #13 ↓2 1 too high 15 Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 600K+ · 4.8★ (333) wp.org #23 8 too low 16 HappyAddons for Elementor – 160 Elementor Widgets, GSAP Animations & Templates 400K+ · 4.8★ (489) wp.org #22 ↓3 6 too low 17 Block Animations, Motion & Scroll Effects – Ghost Kit 6K+ · 4.6★ (46) wp.org #19 ↑3 2 too low 18 Slider Text Scroll 400+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #3 15 too high 19 JVM Rich Text Icons 3K+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #14 ↓1 5 too high 20 AnimateGL – WebGL & CSS Scroll Animations and Hover Effects for Gutenberg and Elementor 2K+ · 5.0★ (22) wp.org #24 4 too low 21 Text: AI chatbot, live chat & ticketing for customer service 100+ · 5.0★ (15) wp.org #20 ↓3 1 too high 22 Marquee Running Text 5K+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #9 13 too high 23 Text Typing – grab attention with animated typing headlines 3K+ · 3.8★ (6) wp.org #15 ↓1 8 too high 24 Horizontal Slider with Scroll 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↓1 8 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.