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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “wp animate slideshow”

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 “wp animate slideshow”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Amedea – Unique Design Elements for Elementor shows at wp.org #2 but places #8 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 500+ 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.

Buried gem

Website Builder by SeedProd — Theme Builder, Landing Page Builder, Coming Soon Page, Maintenance Mode places #2 on merit, 4.9★ from 4699 reviews, but shows at wp.org #9. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Smart Slider 3 800K+ · 4.9★ (1125) wp.org #1 2 Website Builder by SeedProd — Theme Builder, Landing Page Builder, Coming Soon Page, Maintenance Mode 600K+ · 4.9★ (4699) wp.org #9 7 too low 3 PowerPack Addons for Elementor: Widgets, Form Styler and Templates 70K+ · 4.8★ (361) wp.org #10 7 too low 4 Max Addons for Bricks Builder 1K+ · 4.9★ (9) wp.org #4 5 bSlider – Build Sliders That Bring Your Content to Life 5K+ · 4.0★ (11) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 GSlider Blocks 1K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Spider Elements – Premium Elementor Widgets & Addons Library 400+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Amedea – Unique Design Elements for Elementor 500+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 6 too high 9 Slidr 60+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #11 2 too low 10 Migrate away from Envira Gallery 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 3 too high 11 Slider by BestWebSoft 400+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #17 6 too low 12 Migrate away from Final Tiles 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 4 too high 13 General Slider 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 14 Migrate away from Photoblocks Gallery 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 2 too high 15 Sentio Widgets for Elementor 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 Softech Addons for Elementor 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 1 too high 17 A Auto AnimateImage 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #21 4 too low 18 Captyre – Slider to Video Converter — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 2 too high 19 Platecraft Addons for Elementor — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too high 20 W WP Animate Slideshow by Cybercraft Technologies 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 21 A360 Panorama Hero — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 2 too high 22 F Flash Gallery 200+ · 2.5★ (2) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 W WP Supersized Image Map — · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #22 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.