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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “themify”

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 “themify”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 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.

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Ranked above its merit

Themify Shortcodes shows at wp.org #4 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 17 places. Its 7K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Music Player for WooCommerce places #12 on merit, 4.8★ from 61 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 T Themify Popup 8K+ · 4.9★ (11) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ · 4.8★ (7519) wp.org #8 ↓1 6 too low 3 Use Any Font | Custom Font Uploader 200K+ · 4.7★ (1148) wp.org #12 ↑2 9 too low 4 WP Menu Icons 20K+ · 4.9★ (139) wp.org #10 6 too low 5 Themify Builder 6K+ · 3.9★ (24) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 C Conditional Menus 60K+ · 4.4★ (71) wp.org #9 3 too low 7 Logo Carousel – Responsive Logo Slider, Logo Showcase, and Clients Logo Gallery 20K+ · 4.7★ (162) wp.org #14 ↓1 7 too low 8 Transliterator – Multilingual and Multi-script Text Conversion 3K+ · 4.8★ (96) wp.org #15 7 too low 9 Themify – WooCommerce Product Filter 20K+ · 3.5★ (72) wp.org #6 ↓1 3 too high 10 Themify Portfolio Post 30K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #1 9 too high 11 Skyboot Custom Icons for Elementor – Elementor Icons library – 14300+ Icons 200K+ · 5.0★ (22) wp.org #17 ↑1 6 too low 12 Music Player for WooCommerce 1K+ · 4.8★ (61) wp.org #24 12 too low 13 Darkify – Dark Mode & Night Mode for Website & Admin (Dark Theme Included) 1K+ · 4.7★ (27) wp.org #19 6 too low 14 CatFolders – WordPress Media Library Folders & Categories 6K+ · 4.3★ (22) wp.org #21 7 too low 15 WPB Accordion Menu – Collapsible Vertical Sidebar Responsive Mobile Menu – WooCommerce Category Accordion 10K+ · 4.4★ (54) wp.org #22 7 too low 16 T Themify Event Post 2K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #5 ↓1 11 too high 17 Download List Block with Icons 400+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #18 ↑1 1 too low 18 Icon Element – Icon Pack for Elementor Page Builder (6718 icons) 40K+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #16 ↑1 2 too high 19 ChatHelp – Click to Chat Button, Chat to Order for WooCommerce & Floating Chat Form 2K+ · 4.4★ (9) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 T Themify Audio Dock 900+ · 3.5★ (6) wp.org #11 9 too high 21 T Themify Shortcodes 7K+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #4 ↑4 17 too high 22 T Themify Store Locator 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 ↓1 15 too high 23 T Themify Icons 3K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 10 too high 24 Selection Lite 9K+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 1 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.