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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “wpbakery”

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 “wpbakery”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 16 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

Card Elements for WPBakery shows at wp.org #3 but places #15 on merit, a gap of 12 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

SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO places #8 on merit, 4.8★ from 1267 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 Layouts for WPBakery 3K+ · 4.4★ (9) wp.org #1 2 Widgets for Google Reviews 1M+ · 4.9★ (2667) wp.org #6 ↑5 4 too low 3 Rich Showcase for Google Reviews 100K+ · 4.9★ (1623) wp.org #10 ↑4 7 too low 4 Mega Addons For WPBakery Page Builder 20K+ · 4.2★ (57) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ · 4.8★ (7520) wp.org #17 ↓1 12 too low 6 Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1668) wp.org #15 ↓2 9 too low 7 Smush – Image Optimization, Compression, Lazy Load, WebP & CDN 1M+ · 4.8★ (6053) wp.org #19 ↓1 12 too low 8 SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO 300K+ · 4.8★ (1267) wp.org #21 ↓2 13 too low 9 Site Reviews 60K+ · 4.9★ (376) wp.org #20 ↓8 11 too low 10 Extensive VC Addons for WPBakery Page Builder 4K+ · 4.7★ (14) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 YMC Filter 4K+ · 4.8★ (34) wp.org #18 ↓10 7 too low 12 Classic Addons – WPBakery Page Builder 3K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 10 too high 13 ChargeWP Timeline Addons For WPBakery Page Builder 300+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #7 ↓2 6 too high 14 Web and WooCommerce Addons for WPBakery Builder 1K+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #12 ↓3 2 too high 15 Card Elements for WPBakery 500+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 12 too high 16 Custom Icons for Elementor and WPBakery 10K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 12 too high 17 Disable Elements for WPBakery Page Builder 500+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #14 ↓7 3 too high 18 Video Player for WPBakery 2K+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #9 ↓3 9 too high 19 WC Builder – WooCommerce Page Builder for WPBakery 1K+ · 3.8★ (6) wp.org #22 ↓5 3 too low 20 Advanced Ads for WPBakery Page Builder 1K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 9 too high 21 Social Elements for WPBakery Page Builder 60+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↓1 5 too high 22 Convert WPBakery to Elementor 500+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #13 ↓3 9 too high 23 Add Old School Elements Icons Module for WPBakery Page Builder 80+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 ↓3 24 PDF Flipbook, WPBakery Addon – Unreal FlipBook 1K+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #24 ↓3

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.