wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “wordpress dynamic menu”

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

Float menu – awesome floating side menu shows at wp.org #9 but places #15 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 30K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.4★ average from 41 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More places #8 on merit, 4.8★ from 14387 reviews, but shows at wp.org #13. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin signals wp.org

Admin Menu Editor 300K+ · 4.6★ (312) wp.org #1 2

Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322) wp.org #2 ↑1 3

Max Mega Menu 300K+ · 4.8★ (882) wp.org #3 ↑1 4

Sticky Menu & Sticky Header 90K+ · 4.7★ (763) wp.org #4 ↓2 5

WP Mobile Menu – The Mobile-Friendly Responsive Menu 70K+ · 4.7★ (256) wp.org #6 ↑1 1 too low 6

wpDataTables – WordPress Data Table, Dynamic Tables & Table Charts Plugin 60K+ · 4.5★ (449) wp.org #7 ↓2 1 too low 7

WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin 1M+ · 4.9★ (4229) wp.org #10 ↑4 3 too low 8

WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ · 4.8★ (14387) wp.org #13 5 too low 9

Dynamic Widgets 10K+ · 4.7★ (109) wp.org #8 1 too high 10

Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #15 4 too low 12

ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051) wp.org #16 ↑2 4 too low 13

DTX – Dynamic Text Extension for Contact Form 7 100K+ · 4.7★ (99) wp.org #12 1 too high 14

Advanced Dynamic Pricing and Discount Rules for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.7★ (123) wp.org #14 ↓5 15

Float menu – awesome floating side menu 30K+ · 4.4★ (41) wp.org #9 ↑1 6 too high 16

TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation 400K+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #23 ↓1 7 too low 17

WP Bottom Menu 20K+ · 4.5★ (23) thin reviews wp.org #11 6 too high 18

Simple Floating Menu 10K+ · 5.0★ (38) wp.org #17 1 too high 19

Discount Rules and Dynamic Pricing for WooCommerce 9K+ · 4.7★ (248) wp.org #24 5 too low 20

GTM4WP – A Google Tag Manager (GTM) plugin for WordPress 700K+ · 4.5★ (155) wp.org #18 ↓2 2 too high 21

Dynamic Pricing With Discount Rules for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.5★ (68) wp.org #20 1 too high 22

Dynamic Year Block 2K+ · 5.0★ (8) thin reviews wp.org #19 3 too high 23

Side Menu Lite – Sticky Floating Side Menu 7K+ · 4.0★ (12) thin reviews wp.org #21 ↑2 2 too high 24

Dynamic Tags for Elementor 700+ · 5.0★ (3) thin reviews wp.org #22 2 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.