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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “auto poster”

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 “auto poster”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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

Image Prioritizer shows at wp.org #8 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 40K+ 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

AWP Classifieds places #10 on merit, 4.6★ from 301 reviews, but shows at wp.org #22. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster 20K+ · 3.3★ (617) wp.org #1 2 Social Media Auto Poster – Schedule & Publish to Buffer 7K+ · 4.5★ (125) wp.org #2 3 Bit Social – Social Media Auto Poster and Scheduler 6K+ · 4.5★ (36) wp.org #3 ↑1 4 PDF Poster – Let visitors read PDF’s without leaving the page 20K+ · 4.5★ (149) wp.org #4 ↓1 5 Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler 40K+ · 4.5★ (2107) wp.org #7 ↑1 2 too low 6 Social Media Auto Poster – Schedule & Publish to Hootsuite 200+ · 4.1★ (15) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox 100K+ · 3.9★ (95) wp.org #12 ↑1 5 too low 8 Automatic YouTube Gallery – Embed Auto-Updating YouTube Video Galleries, Feeds, Playlists & Channels 9K+ · 4.8★ (31) wp.org #14 6 too low 9 Easy Video Player 20K+ · 4.2★ (57) wp.org #18 ↓1 9 too low 10 AWP Classifieds 3K+ · 4.6★ (301) wp.org #22 12 too low 11 Simple Auto-Poster for Bluesky 600+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #10 ↑1 1 too high 12 xSpeed Cache: AI-Powered Performance Hub with MCP, Caching & CDN 10K+ · 5.0★ (22) wp.org #20 8 too low 13 Social Snap — Social Share Buttons & Click to Tweet 10K+ · 4.2★ (58) wp.org #15 2 too low 14 Videojs HTML5 Player 7K+ · 4.7★ (18) wp.org #19 ↓1 5 too low 15 Evergreen Content Poster – Auto Post and Schedule Your Best Content to Social Media 90+ · 4.1★ (13) wp.org #9 ↑1 6 too high 16 Social Post Flow – Social Media Automation, Scheduling, Scheduler, Posting & Auto Post 200+ · 4.2★ (10) wp.org #13 ↓6 3 too high 17 Table Of Content Block – Auto-Generate Clickable Table of Contents 3K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #17 ↓1 18 AI Content Writer – Automatic Content Generator and Auto Poster 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 12 too high 19 Able Player, accessible HTML5 media player 300+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #21 ↓2 2 too low 20 AVIR Social Auto Poster Ultimate 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↑1 9 too high 21 Image Prioritizer 40K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 ↑1 13 too high 22 RoidNet AI Content Creator – Bulk Article Writer & Auto Poster 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 6 too high 23 BulkPublish – Blog to Social & Auto Poster 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 24 Viraly – Blog to Social Media Auto Post, Scheduler & Analytics 70+ · 5.0★ (1) 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.