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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “visual feedback”

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 “visual feedback”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 of the top 20.

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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Noted Visual Feedback shows at wp.org #4 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 90+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Customer Reviews for WooCommerce places #7 on merit, 4.8★ from 1539 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 Visual Composer Website Builder 30K+ · 4.6★ (220) wp.org #1 2 Code Snippets 1M+ · 4.7★ (510) wp.org #2 ↑4 3 Marker.io – Visual Website Feedback 4K+ · 5.0★ (44) wp.org #3 ↓1 4 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2144) wp.org #7 3 too low 5 Atarim – AI Agency for WordPress: Edit Pages, Fix Code, Update Plugins, SEO & Client Feedback 1K+ · 4.9★ (126) wp.org #6 ↓1 1 too low 6 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322) wp.org #10 4 too low 7 Customer Reviews for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.8★ (1539) wp.org #21 ↓1 14 too low 8 Rate My Post – Star Rating Plugin by FeedbackWP 20K+ · 4.7★ (159) wp.org #15 ↑7 7 too low 9 Smart Slider 3 800K+ · 4.9★ (1125) wp.org #19 ↑5 10 too low 10 WP 2FA – Two-factor authentication for WordPress 100K+ · 4.7★ (184) wp.org #17 7 too low 11 ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051) wp.org #23 12 too low 12 Post and Page Builder by BoldGrid – Visual Drag and Drop Editor 50K+ · 4.7★ (140) wp.org #22 ↓4 10 too low 13 SureForms – Contact Form Builder, AI Forms, Payment Form, Survey & Quiz 500K+ · 4.8★ (102) wp.org #18 ↓2 5 too low 14 Feedbucket – Website Feedback Tool 1K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #5 ↓1 9 too high 15 Simple Commenter – Website Feedback tool 200+ · 5.0★ (13) wp.org #11 ↑1 4 too high 16 Before After Image Comparison – Visual Comparison for Two Images 3K+ · 4.2★ (12) wp.org #20 ↓3 4 too low 17 Reviso – Client Feedback & Approvals for Bricks, Elementor & Gutenberg 200+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #13 4 too high 18 SurveyX Builder – Survey, Poll, Quiz & Feedback Form 2K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #16 ↓1 2 too high 19 Feedback Button – Jotform 600+ · 4.0★ (3) wp.org #9 ↓1 10 too high 20 Noted Visual Feedback 90+ · 3.0★ (3) wp.org #4 ↓1 16 too high 21 Previu – Visual Client Feedback for Elementor 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 ↑1 13 too high 22 BugHerd 3K+ · 3.5★ (4) wp.org #14 8 too high 23 Superflow: AI Website QA & Visual Feedback 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 ↓1 11 too high 24 Annotix – Visual Website Feedback & Annotation 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓5

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.