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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “access flickr”

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 “access flickr”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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 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

Responsive Flickr Slideshow shows at wp.org #6 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 200+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.8★ average from 6 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

All-in-one Sticky Floating Contact Form, Call, Click to Chat, and 50+ Social Icon Tabs – My Sticky Elements places #9 on merit, 4.9★ from 542 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler 40K+ · 4.5★ (2107) wp.org #1 2 Smart Slider 3 800K+ · 4.9★ (1125) wp.org #2 3 Photo Gallery by Supsystic – Image Gallery, Masonry, Albums & Lightbox 20K+ · 4.6★ (498) wp.org #3 4 Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots 10K+ · 4.8★ (142) wp.org #4 5 Meow Gallery 10K+ · 4.9★ (203) wp.org #5 6 Gallery by Visual Portfolio 60K+ · 4.8★ (340) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 Admin Custom Login 10K+ · 4.6★ (388) wp.org #11 4 too low 8 Robo Gallery – Photo & Image Slider 40K+ · 4.3★ (406) wp.org #12 4 too low 9 All-in-one Sticky Floating Contact Form, Call, Click to Chat, and 50+ Social Icon Tabs – My Sticky Elements 40K+ · 4.9★ (542) wp.org #17 8 too low 10 Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons 10K+ · 4.9★ (1911) wp.org #14 4 too low 11 Front End PM 4K+ · 4.8★ (220) wp.org #15 4 too low 12 Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery 100K+ · 4.5★ (1581) wp.org #16 4 too low 13 EmbedPress 100K+ · 4.8★ (307) wp.org #18 ↑3 5 too low 14 Juicer.io: Effortlessly embed, curate, and aggregate social media feeds into your website 8K+ · 4.2★ (29) wp.org #9 5 too high 15 Custom Login 10K+ · 3.6★ (97) wp.org #13 2 too high 16 Animated Live Wall Gallery 1K+ · 4.4★ (14) wp.org #8 8 too high 17 Responsive Flickr Slideshow 200+ · 4.8★ (6) wp.org #6 11 too high 18 Generate Images (AI) – Magic Post Thumbnail 5K+ · 4.3★ (25) wp.org #10 8 too high 19 NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster 20K+ · 3.3★ (617) wp.org #21 ↓1 2 too low 20 Social Media Icon Widget – Social Profile Links with Gutenberg Block 4K+ · 4.1★ (16) wp.org #22 ↑1 2 too low 21 Content Pilot – Autoblogging & Affiliate Marketing Suite 700+ · 3.6★ (36) wp.org #24 3 too low 22 Accordion Slider 2K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #19 3 too high 23 All Sources Images – Free Images from Pixabay, Unsplash, Openverse, Pexels & Giphy 400+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #20 ↓2 3 too high 24 Socicon 200+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #23 ↑1 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.