I think there are a couple others trustworthy like backbone.js.

Most jQuery plugins were spagetti dom manipulations with a config object passed/merged in to defaults.

I never trusted that plugin site, and would always make sure the plugin was on github and being actively maintained etc.

I really like the idea of https://www.ruby-toolbox.com/ the stats on last update issue fixed, and popularity metrics helps allot. JS should have the same.