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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “webgl slider”

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 “webgl slider”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 1 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 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

Addronix Addons for Elementor shows at wp.org #13 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 4 places. Its 10+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Smart Slider 3 800K+ · 4.9★ (1125) wp.org #1 2 AI-Powered Carousel, Slider, Video & Photo Gallery Blocks by WP Carousel 60K+ · 4.7★ (434) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 GutSlider – All in One Slider and Carousel Blocks for Gutenberg 6K+ · 4.9★ (14) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 AnimateGL – WebGL & CSS Scroll Animations and Hover Effects for Gutenberg and Elementor 2K+ · 5.0★ (22) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 DearFlip – PDF Flipbook, 3D Flipbook, PDF embed, PDF viewer 200K+ · 4.9★ (194) wp.org #6 ↓3 1 too low 6 Gutenslider — Slider Block for the Block Editor 10K+ · 4.0★ (65) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Document Embedder – let visitors read files without downloading 9K+ · 4.9★ (120) wp.org #7 ↓2 8 BotBlocker Security – Complete security platform 3K+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #8 ↓4 9 Flipa PDF Flipbook – PDF Viewer and Page Flip Book 800+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #9 ↓3 10 Animation Kit – Animated Backgrounds & WebGL Effects 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓3 11 Izubizu Slider — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↓3 1 too low 12 FWD Filmstrip Slider — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓4 2 too low 13 PDF Rack – 3D Flipbook, PDF Viewer & Embed PDF 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↑4 2 too high 14 3D Product Customizer & Configurator for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #24 ↓2 10 too low 15 FWD Accordion Slider — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓4 16 FWD Linear Slider — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓4 17 Addronix Addons for Elementor 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 4 too high 18 KaosSlider — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓3 1 too high 19 Mini Gallery 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓2 1 too high 20 Elentix Addons for Elementor — Widgets, Extensions & Effects 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓2 1 too high 21 Filmstrip Carousel 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓2 1 too high 22 Shader Carousel 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓2 1 too high 23 Shader Spiral Carousel — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 ↓2 1 too high 24 AllTerrain Photo Editor – Crop, Resize, Paint & Photo Filters 10+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #23 ↓2 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.