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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “board feed”

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

Feedliyo Lite – Social Feed & Product Feed & Review Feed shows at wp.org #6 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 17 places. Its 200+ 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

Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder places #6 on merit, 4.8★ from 807 reviews, but shows at wp.org #14. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Smash Balloon Social Post Feed – Simple Social Feeds for WordPress 100K+ · 4.7★ (1511) wp.org #1 2 Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 Discussion Board – WordPress Forum Plugin 1K+ · 4.6★ (43) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, Appointments and more! 60K+ · 4.2★ (551) wp.org #7 3 too low 5 Tagembed: Social Media Feeds and Customer Reviews Widget 9K+ · 3.9★ (62) wp.org #5 ↑1 6 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #14 ↓2 8 too low 7 GeoDirectory – WP Business Directory Plugin and Classified Listings Directory 10K+ · 4.8★ (716) wp.org #15 ↑2 8 too low 8 FluentBoards – Project Management, Task Management, Goal Tracking, Kanban Board, and, Team Collaboration 6K+ · 5.0★ (25) wp.org #9 1 too low 9 WP Job Manager 70K+ · 4.4★ (237) wp.org #16 7 too low 10 Project Manager – AI Powered Project Management, Task Management, Kanban Board & Time Tracker 5K+ · 3.8★ (187) wp.org #12 ↑1 2 too low 11 WP Job Portal – AI-Powered Recruitment System for Company or Job Board website 8K+ · 4.3★ (32) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 Feeds for Pinterest – Turn Your Boards into a Beautiful Gallery 200+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #3 9 too high 13 WPSSO Core – Complete Schema Markup and Meta Tags 4K+ · 4.6★ (306) wp.org #24 11 too low 14 Social Media Auto Poster – Schedule & Publish to Buffer 7K+ · 4.5★ (125) wp.org #23 9 too low 15 Asgaros Forum 10K+ · 4.7★ (210) wp.org #20 ↑1 5 too low 16 JobBoardWP – Job Board Listings and Submissions 900+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #11 5 too high 17 Weblizar Pin It Button On Image Hover And Post 10K+ · 4.0★ (64) wp.org #19 ↑1 2 too low 18 Job Manager & Career – Manage job board listings, and recruitments 1K+ · 4.7★ (7) wp.org #8 10 too high 19 GS Pinterest Portfolio – Pins Grid, Masonry, User Profile, Popup & Board Widgets 1K+ · 4.8★ (47) wp.org #18 ↑1 1 too high 20 Taggbox: Social Media Feed Widget 1K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #13 ↑1 7 too high 21 WP eBay Product Feeds 700+ · 4.7★ (17) wp.org #21 ↑1 22 AI 60K+ · 4.2★ (10) wp.org #22 23 Feedliyo Lite – Social Feed & Product Feed & Review Feed 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 ↓1 17 too high 24 My Social Feeds – bring your social content into WordPress 600+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↑1 7 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.