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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “cloud upload”

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 upload”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 of the top 20. 2 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

Offload Media – Cloud Storage shows at wp.org #10 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.4★ average from 18 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

All-in-One WP Migration and Backup places #10 on merit, 4.5★ from 7676 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 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 Auto Upload Images 20K+ · 4.3★ (106) wp.org #3 4 Iptanus File Upload 10K+ · 4.4★ (117) wp.org #4 ↑4 5 UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin 4M+ · 4.8★ (8706) wp.org #7 ↓1 2 too low 6 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2143) wp.org #8 ↓1 2 too low 7 Big File Uploads – Increase Maximum File Upload Size 100K+ · 4.9★ (402) wp.org #9 2 too low 8 Code Snippets 1M+ · 4.7★ (510) wp.org #6 ↓2 2 too high 9 Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security 5M+ · 4.7★ (5039) wp.org #12 ↓1 3 too low 10 All-in-One WP Migration and Backup 5M+ · 4.5★ (7676) wp.org #14 4 too low 11 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) wp.org #11 ↓1 12 Media Cloud Sync 1K+ · 4.9★ (13) wp.org #5 7 too high 13 Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4962) wp.org #20 7 too low 14 Fonts Plugin | Google Fonts, Adobe Fonts & Upload Fonts 200K+ · 5.0★ (1221) wp.org #18 4 too low 15 Templately – Elementor & Gutenberg Template Library: 6500+ Free & Pro Ready Templates And Cloud! 300K+ · 5.0★ (383) wp.org #17 2 too low 16 WPCode – Insert Headers and Footers + Custom Code Snippets – WordPress Code Manager 3M+ · 4.9★ (1915) wp.org #21 ↑1 5 too low 17 Inline Image Upload for BBPress 3K+ · 4.6★ (65) wp.org #13 4 too high 18 BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin 400K+ · 4.0★ (1323) wp.org #15 3 too high 19 Offload Media – Cloud Storage 1K+ · 4.4★ (18) wp.org #10 ↑2 9 too high 20 Drag and Drop Multiple File Upload for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (20) wp.org #19 1 too high 21 Cloud Storage Manager for Fluent Forms – Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, S3 Uploads 400+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #16 5 too high 22 Printus – Automatic Cloud Order Printing for WooCommerce 800+ · 5.0★ (27) wp.org #24 2 too low 23 Categorized Tag Cloud 1K+ · 3.8★ (10) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too high 24 LegalWeb Cloud 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 1 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.