wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “cloud drive”
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 “cloud drive”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20.
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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.
Ranked above its merit
Customer Cloud Gallery – Google Drive & Dropbox Image Gallery shows at wp.org #10 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 70+ 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
Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder places #8 on merit, 4.5★ from 7322 reviews, but shows at wp.org #13. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.
Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More 1M+ · 4.9★ (4940)
wp.org #1 2 
WP STAGING – Backups & Restore, Migration & Clone Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups 100K+ · 4.8★ (2470)
wp.org #2 3 
UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin 4M+ · 4.8★ (8708)
wp.org #3 4 
WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging 900K+ · 4.9★ (1568)
wp.org #4 5 
Backup Migration 80K+ · 4.9★ (1338)
wp.org #6 1 too low 6 
All-in-One WP Migration and Backup 5M+ · 4.5★ (7676)
wp.org #7 1 too low 7 
BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin 400K+ · 4.0★ (1323)
wp.org #8 1 too low 8 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322)
wp.org #13 ↑1 5 too low 9 
Advanced File Manager – Ultimate File Manager for WordPress And Document Library Solution 100K+ · 4.8★ (441)
wp.org #14 ↓1 5 too low 10 
Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone 600K+ · 4.5★ (135)
wp.org #9 1 too high 11 
Security Plugin, Firewall & Malware Scanner with Auto Removal 40K+ · 4.8★ (397)
wp.org #16 ↑2 5 too low 12 
File Manager 1M+ · 4.6★ (1492)
wp.org #15 3 too low 13 
JetBackup – Backup, Restore & Migrate 200K+ · 4.5★ (1056)
wp.org #18 ↓1 5 too low 14 
Cloud Storage Manager for Fluent Forms – Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, S3 Uploads 400+ · 5.0★ (9) thin reviews
wp.org #5 9 too high 15 
Everest Backup – WordPress Cloud Backup, Migration, Restore & Cloning Plugin 3K+ · 4.4★ (45)
wp.org #12 3 too high 16 
GSheetConnector – CF7 Google Sheets Connector & Save CF7 Entries to Database 40K+ · 4.4★ (129)
wp.org #24 8 too low 17 
Embed Any Document – Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel Files 50K+ · 4.2★ (92)
wp.org #23 ↓1 6 too low 18 
Embed Files from Google Drive 4K+ · 4.0★ (48)
wp.org #21 ↓1 3 too low 19 
WP Duplicate Page 60K+ · 4.2★ (16) thin reviews
wp.org #22 ↓1 3 too low 20 
Royal WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration Plugin – Backup WordPress Sites Safely 30K+ · 5.0★ (7) thin reviews
wp.org #20 ↑3 21 
Drive Upload for Gravity Forms (Google Drive) 40+ · 5.0★ (2) thin reviews
wp.org #11 10 too high 22 
Drive Downloads Lite – Google Drive for WooCommerce 10+ · 5.0★ (2) thin reviews
wp.org #19 3 too high 23 Customer Cloud Gallery – Google Drive & Dropbox Image Gallery 70+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews
wp.org #10 13 too high 24 
DriveHub – Google Drive Integration | File Manager, Image Gallery & Media Library 100+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews
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.