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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “cloudflare stream”

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 “cloudflare stream”, 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

FV Player 8 shows at wp.org #8 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 14 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Simply Static – The Static Site Generator places #9 on merit, 4.5★ from 195 reviews, but shows at wp.org #18. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 FluentSMTP – WP Mail SMTP Plugin with Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Cloudflare, toSend, Gmail and Any SMTP 700K+ · 4.8★ (410) wp.org #1 2 GTM4WP – A Google Tag Manager (GTM) plugin for WordPress 700K+ · 4.5★ (155) wp.org #2 3 Yandex Metrica 20K+ · 3.8★ (33) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Magic Login – Magic Link & Passwordless Authentication for WordPress – Login Without Password 3K+ · 4.8★ (26) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 60K+ · 4.6★ (264) wp.org #11 6 too low 6 EmbedPress 100K+ · 4.8★ (307) wp.org #14 ↑1 8 too low 7 Like Button Rating ♥ LikeBtn 3K+ · 4.4★ (273) wp.org #12 ↓1 5 too low 8 Simply Disable Comments 8K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #3 5 too high 9 Simply Static – The Static Site Generator 30K+ · 4.5★ (195) wp.org #18 ↓2 9 too low 10 Vigilant – 100% Free Security Suite: Firewall, 2FA, Login, Headers, Scanner… 3K+ · 5.0★ (24) wp.org #16 ↑1 6 too low 11 WP24 Domain Check 4K+ · 4.3★ (32) wp.org #23 12 too low 12 Servebolt Optimizer 1K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #10 2 too high 13 HandyPlugins PaddlePress – Paddle Integration for WordPress 60+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #15 ↓1 2 too low 14 FolioBlocks 70+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #13 1 too high 15 Media Cloud Sync 1K+ · 4.9★ (13) wp.org #22 ↓1 7 too low 16 Mine CloudVod 70+ · 4.6★ (10) wp.org #17 ↓5 1 too low 17 Security.txt Manager 700+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 11 too high 18 Compressed Emoji 200+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #9 9 too high 19 Unagi 800+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #7 12 too high 20 AjaxPress – SPA & Ajax Navigation with Persistent Audio Player for Radio 100+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #21 ↓1 1 too low 21 Wonder Cache 20+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #20 ↓2 1 too high 22 FV Player 8 1K+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #8 14 too high 23 Easy Text-to-Speech 20+ · 4.0★ (3) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Voffload for Cloudflare Stream — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 5 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.