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

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 posting”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 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

Social Post Flow – Social Media Automation, Scheduling, Scheduler, Posting & Auto Post shows at wp.org #10 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 200+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.2★ average from 10 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk places #11 on merit, 4.8★ from 3220 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Nelio Content – Editorial Calendar & Social Media Auto-Posting 3K+ · 4.4★ (104) wp.org #1 2 WP2Social Auto Publish 9K+ · 4.8★ (640) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 WP LinkedIn Auto Publish 8K+ · 4.8★ (106) wp.org #2 ↑1 1 too high 4 Social Media Auto Poster – Schedule & Publish to Buffer 7K+ · 4.5★ (125) wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too high 5 Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler 40K+ · 4.5★ (2107) wp.org #5 6 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ · 4.8★ (7519) wp.org #9 ↓2 3 too low 7 WP Twitter Auto Publish 3K+ · 4.9★ (206) wp.org #7 ↑1 8 Job Postings 10K+ · 4.4★ (58) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 Social Media Auto Publish 5K+ · 4.7★ (345) wp.org #8 ↑1 1 too high 10 Revive Social – Social Media Auto Post and Scheduling Automation Plugin 20K+ · 4.0★ (556) wp.org #12 ↓1 2 too low 11 Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ · 4.8★ (3220) wp.org #19 8 too low 12 Post to Google My Business (Google Business Profile) 10K+ · 4.9★ (159) wp.org #15 ↑1 3 too low 13 Ninja Forms – Contact Form Builder with Calculators, Quizzes, Signatures & AI Form Builder 500K+ · 4.4★ (1397) wp.org #22 ↓2 9 too low 14 WP to LinkedIn Auto Publish 900+ · 4.7★ (59) wp.org #13 ↓1 1 too high 15 Bit Social – Social Media Auto Poster and Scheduler 6K+ · 4.5★ (36) wp.org #11 ↓1 4 too high 16 AWP Classifieds 3K+ · 4.6★ (301) wp.org #20 ↑2 4 too low 17 NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster 20K+ · 3.3★ (617) wp.org #14 ↓1 3 too high 18 Social Media Auto Poster – Schedule & Publish to Hootsuite 200+ · 4.1★ (15) wp.org #16 ↑1 2 too high 19 Social Post Flow – Social Media Automation, Scheduling, Scheduler, Posting & Auto Post 200+ · 4.2★ (10) wp.org #10 ↑5 9 too high 20 Easy Post Submission – Frontend Posting, Guest Publishing & Submit Content for WordPress 4K+ · 4.5★ (6) wp.org #17 ↓3 3 too high 21 AI Auto Post & Image Generator 200+ · 4.8★ (4) wp.org #18 3 too high 22 Webixso – WordPress Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 1 too high 23 S Simple Auto Post Scheduler 70+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 ↑1 24 PageOne: AI Blog Writer, Auto Posting and SEO 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24

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.