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

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 “bluesky”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 of the top 20. 3 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

ORQADESIGN Bluesky Feed shows at wp.org #6 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 17 places. Its 50+ 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

Simple Share Buttons Adder places #7 on merit, 4.3★ from 627 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 Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics 3M+ · 3.7★ (2408) wp.org #1 2 XPoster – Share to Bluesky and Mastodon 10K+ · 3.8★ (69) wp.org #2 3 My Calendar – Accessible Event Manager 20K+ · 4.7★ (159) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 AddToAny Share Buttons 300K+ · 4.7★ (1114) wp.org #5 ↑2 1 too low 5 Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler 40K+ · 4.5★ (2107) wp.org #8 ↑1 3 too low 6 Disable All WordPress Updates 20K+ · 4.8★ (69) wp.org #11 ↑1 5 too low 7 Simple Share Buttons Adder 40K+ · 4.3★ (627) wp.org #17 ↓1 10 too low 8 Metricool – Social media and site statistics 90K+ · 4.4★ (22) wp.org #7 ↑3 1 too high 9 Reveal IDs 40K+ · 5.0★ (61) wp.org #13 ↑1 4 too low 10 Shariff Wrapper 30K+ · 4.9★ (101) wp.org #16 ↑1 6 too low 11 Social Media Auto Poster – Schedule & Publish to Buffer 7K+ · 4.5★ (125) wp.org #15 ↓4 4 too low 12 WPZOOM Connect: Social Icons Widget & Block, Share Buttons & Click to Chat 90K+ · 4.9★ (144) wp.org #20 ↑4 8 too low 13 OSM – OpenStreetMap 10K+ · 4.6★ (137) wp.org #21 8 too low 14 Social Sharing Block 7K+ · 5.0★ (18) wp.org #14 ↑1 15 Social Integration for BlueSky 700+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #3 12 too high 16 Simple Yearly Archive 6K+ · 4.7★ (30) wp.org #22 6 too low 17 Autoblue 300+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #12 ↑1 5 too high 18 Open Graph 10K+ · 4.3★ (13) wp.org #18 19 Juicer.io: Effortlessly embed, curate, and aggregate social media feeds into your website 8K+ · 4.2★ (29) wp.org #24 ↓1 5 too low 20 VK All in One Expansion Unit 100K+ · 4.0★ (7) wp.org #9 ↓1 11 too high 21 Goolytics – Simple Google Analytics 3K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #19 2 too high 22 Simple Auto-Poster for Bluesky 600+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #23 ↓3 1 too low 23 ORQADESIGN Bluesky Feed 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 ↓1 17 too high 24 ATmosphere 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #10 ↓4 14 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.