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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “twenty eleven”

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 “twenty eleven”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 3 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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

Twenty Eleven Showcase Slider shows at wp.org #5 but places #12 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 20+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Gallery by BestWebSoft – Customizable Image and Photo Galleries for WordPress places #7 on merit, 4.0★ from 158 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Mobile Contact Bar 9K+ · 4.6★ (30) wp.org #1 2 My Sticky Bar – Floating Notification Bar & Sticky Header (formerly myStickymenu) 100K+ · 4.9★ (1198) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Remove "Powered by WordPress" 20K+ · 4.4★ (21) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Ajaxify Comments – Ajax and Lazy Loading Comments 3K+ · 4.8★ (91) wp.org #4 5 Media Library Assistant 70K+ · 4.8★ (202) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 WP STAGING – Backups & Restore, Migration & Clone Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups 100K+ · 4.8★ (2466) wp.org #12 ↑1 6 too low 7 Gallery by BestWebSoft – Customizable Image and Photo Galleries for WordPress 10K+ · 4.0★ (158) wp.org #21 ↓1 14 too low 8 WP-DraftsForFriends 1K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 Styleguide – Custom Fonts and Colors 2K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 Squad Modules Lite – Free Divi 5 & Divi 4 Modules for Divi Builder 1K+ · 5.0★ (12) wp.org #10 11 OXP Breaking News Ticker 50+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 T Twenty Eleven Showcase Slider 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 7 too high 13 Blaminhor Essentials – Redirects, Broken Links, Favicon, Maintenance, Classic Editor & 21 More 20+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #13 ↑2 14 AEOmatic — AEO, AI SEO, llms.txt & Schema 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 ↑2 15 Easy Shipping Rate for WooCommerce 10+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #11 4 too high 16 Molongui Post Contributors: Multi-Role Contributor Attribution 400+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #24 ↓1 8 too low 17 SeeOnWall – Wall Art Preview for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↑2 2 too high 18 AstroWay – Astrology, Birth Chart & Horoscope Widgets 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓4 2 too high 19 MoxKit Addons for Elementor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 2 too high 20 MenuVerse – Mobile Bottom Menu & App-Style Navigation Bar — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 2 too high 21 BuildWithHumza Go Live Check — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 2 too high 22 GuardForge — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 2 too high 23 Gather Grove Forms — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too high 24 Leadovation Aero Users — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓1 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.