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

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 size”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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

WPC Product Size Chart for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #6 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 2K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

LiveChat – Live Chat Plugin for WP Websites places #11 on merit, 4.6★ from 98 reviews, but shows at wp.org #23. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Image Alt Text 10K+ · 5.0★ (56) wp.org #1 2 EasyMedia – Increase Media Upload File Size | Role-Based Upload Limit | Increase Execution Time 70K+ · 4.9★ (99) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 Variation Swatches for WooCommerce – Color, Image & Size Swatches 200K+ · 4.6★ (51) wp.org #3 ↓1 4 Text To Speech TTS Accessibility 4K+ · 4.8★ (92) wp.org #5 ↑1 1 too low 5 Perfect Images: Regenerate Thumbnails, Image Sizes, WebP & AVIF 60K+ · 4.8★ (279) wp.org #14 ↓1 9 too low 6 Simple Image Sizes 60K+ · 4.6★ (91) wp.org #10 4 too low 7 Sizor Product Size Chart For WooCommerce 6K+ · 4.3★ (32) wp.org #4 ↑1 3 too high 8 DTX – Dynamic Text Extension for Contact Form 7 100K+ · 4.7★ (99) wp.org #9 ↓5 1 too low 9 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) wp.org #16 7 too low 10 Product Size Charts Plugin for WooCommerce 9K+ · 4.3★ (39) wp.org #7 ↑4 3 too high 11 LiveChat – Live Chat Plugin for WP Websites 10K+ · 4.6★ (98) wp.org #23 ↑1 12 too low 12 Alt Text AI – Automatically generate image alt text for SEO and accessibility 20K+ · 4.7★ (35) wp.org #21 ↓1 9 too low 13 Text Unfold For Elementor 3K+ · 4.6★ (7) wp.org #8 ↑1 5 too high 14 Bulk Auto Image Alt Text (Alt tag, Alt attribute) optimizer (image SEO) 10K+ · 4.2★ (111) wp.org #22 ↓1 8 too low 15 JVM Rich Text Icons 3K+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #15 ↓1 16 AI Alt Text Generator 2K+ · 4.9★ (7) wp.org #12 ↓4 4 too high 17 Zeno Font Resizer 5K+ · 4.6★ (20) wp.org #20 ↓2 3 too low 18 WP Upload Size 2K+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #13 ↓1 5 too high 19 WPC Product Size Chart for WooCommerce 2K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #6 ↑1 13 too high 20 Marquee Running Text 5K+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #11 9 too high 21 Text to Speech – TTSWP 200+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #19 2 too high 22 Better image sizes 2K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #18 ↓1 4 too high 23 Text Typing – grab attention with animated typing headlines 3K+ · 3.8★ (6) wp.org #17 ↓2 6 too high 24 Iconic Copy Text Blocks 400+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #24 ↓1

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.