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

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 “aggregator”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 4 plugins are 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

DaazSync – RSS News Aggregator shows at wp.org #7 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 14 places. Its 90+ 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

Import Social Events places #9 on merit, 4.8★ from 115 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WP RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, Feed to Post, Autoblogging, AI Content 40K+ · 4.5★ (563) wp.org #1 2 The Events Calendar 600K+ · 4.2★ (2455) wp.org #2 3 RSS Aggregator by Feedzy – Feed to Post, Autoblogging, News & YouTube Video Feeds Aggregator 40K+ · 4.6★ (361) wp.org #3 4 WP Event Aggregator: Import Eventbrite events, Meetup events, social events and any iCal Events into Event Calendar 1K+ · 4.6★ (54) wp.org #4 5 EWWW Image Optimizer 1M+ · 4.8★ (1841) wp.org #8 ↓2 3 too low 6 Event Tickets and Registration 90K+ · 3.5★ (234) wp.org #5 ↑1 1 too high 7 WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher 10K+ · 4.8★ (514) wp.org #11 4 too low 8 Import Meetup Events – Meetup Sync & Event Aggregator for WordPress 300+ · 4.7★ (19) wp.org #6 ↓1 2 too high 9 Import Social Events 3K+ · 4.8★ (115) wp.org #16 ↓1 7 too low 10 F FeedWordPress 9K+ · 4.2★ (61) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 Tagembed: Social Media Feeds and Customer Reviews Widget 9K+ · 3.8★ (61) wp.org #12 1 too low 12 Import Eventbrite Events 3K+ · 4.5★ (52) wp.org #15 3 too low 13 FOX – Currency Switcher Professional for WooCommerce 50K+ · 4.4★ (250) wp.org #19 ↓1 6 too low 14 Content Pilot – Autoblogging & Affiliate Marketing Suite 800+ · 3.6★ (36) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 Juicer.io: Effortlessly embed, curate, and aggregate social media feeds into your website 8K+ · 4.2★ (29) wp.org #18 ↑1 3 too low 16 Curator.io 2K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #10 6 too high 17 Event SEO: Event Schema / Structured Data: Google Rich Snippet Schema for Event 700+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #14 3 too high 18 PressForward 100+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #23 5 too low 19 Advanced Post Manager 4K+ · 3.5★ (11) wp.org #17 2 too high 20 FETCHUB – AI RSS Feed Aggregator & Translator 20+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #22 2 too low 21 DaazSync – RSS News Aggregator 90+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 ↑2 14 too high 22 Walls.io: Social Media Feed 1K+ · 3.8★ (6) wp.org #24 ↓1 2 too low 23 Nokko RSS Aggregator — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 2 too high 24 Auto Robot – WP Autoblogging and RSS Feed News Aggregator 40+ · 1.8★ (10) wp.org #20 ↑1 4 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.