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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “user logo”

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 “user logo”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 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

Logo Showcase – Responsive Logo Carousel, Logo Slider & Logo Grid shows at wp.org #9 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 5K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.6★ average from 10 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

UsersWP – Front-end login form, User Registration, User Profile & Members Directory plugin for WP places #11 on merit, 4.7★ from 183 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Logo Slider – Logo Showcase, Logo Carousel, Logo Gallery and Client Logo Presentation 30K+ · 4.7★ (252) wp.org #1 2 Logo Carousel – Responsive Logo Slider, Logo Showcase, and Clients Logo Gallery 20K+ · 4.7★ (162) wp.org #2 3 User Registration & Membership – Free & Paid Memberships, Subscriptions, Content Restriction, User Profile, Custom User Registration & Login Builder 50K+ · 4.8★ (832) wp.org #4 ↑1 1 too low 4 Members – Membership & User Role Editor Plugin 300K+ · 4.9★ (1281) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too low 5 Logo Slider WP – Responsive Logo Carousel, Logo Gallery & Logo Showcase 10K+ · 4.5★ (61) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 Login as User: See the Site as Any User 30K+ · 4.8★ (41) wp.org #6 ↑4 7 User Frontend – Membership, User Registration, User Profile, User Directory & Content Restriction with Frontend Post Submission 20K+ · 4.1★ (537) wp.org #7 ↑4 8 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) wp.org #14 6 too low 9 One User Avatar | User Profile Picture 100K+ · 4.7★ (41) wp.org #11 ↓2 2 too low 10 My WordPress Login Logo 10K+ · 4.9★ (12) wp.org #8 ↓2 2 too high 11 UsersWP – Front-end login form, User Registration, User Profile & Members Directory plugin for WP 20K+ · 4.7★ (183) wp.org #19 ↓2 8 too low 12 Logo Showcase Ultimate – Logo Carousel, Logo Slider & Logo Grid 2K+ · 4.7★ (27) wp.org #10 ↓2 2 too high 13 ProfileGrid – User Profiles, Groups and Communities 5K+ · 4.6★ (236) wp.org #16 3 too low 14 Maintenance 1M+ · 4.4★ (869) wp.org #23 ↓1 9 too low 15 White Label CMS 200K+ · 4.7★ (114) wp.org #22 ↓4 7 too low 16 User Private Files – Secure File Sharing and Client Portal Plugin 1K+ · 4.4★ (57) wp.org #18 ↑3 2 too low 17 Logo Showcase – Responsive Logo Carousel, Logo Slider & Logo Grid 5K+ · 4.6★ (10) wp.org #9 ↓2 8 too high 18 Custom Site Logo 1K+ · 4.7★ (9) wp.org #13 5 too high 19 Logo Showcase – Logo Slider, Carousel & Sponsors Gallery 900+ · 4.2★ (10) wp.org #15 4 too high 20 Awesome Logo Carousel Block 4K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #12 8 too high 21 Széchenyi 2020 Logo 1K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too high 22 Logo Slider – Infinite Carousel & Marquee Block 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #21 ↓1 1 too high 23 Logo Switcher Divi 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #17 6 too high 24 Logo Carousel – showcase client logos professionally 800+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #24

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.