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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “content aggregator”

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 “content aggregator”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 7 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

DaazSync – RSS News Aggregator shows at wp.org #6 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 100+ 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

EWWW Image Optimizer places #6 on merit, 4.8★ from 1842 reviews, but shows at wp.org #12. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WP RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, Feed to Post, Autoblogging, AI Content 40K+ · 4.5★ (565) wp.org #1 2 The Events Calendar 600K+ · 4.2★ (2461) wp.org #2 3 Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27821) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 RSS Aggregator by Feedzy – Feed to Post, Autoblogging, News & YouTube Video Feeds Aggregator 40K+ · 4.6★ (361) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher 10K+ · 4.8★ (514) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 EWWW Image Optimizer 1M+ · 4.8★ (1842) wp.org #12 6 too low 7 Event Tickets and Registration 90K+ · 3.5★ (236) wp.org #7 ↓1 8 Content Pilot – Autoblogging & Affiliate Marketing Suite 700+ · 3.6★ (36) wp.org #5 3 too high 9 Import Meetup Events – Meetup Sync & Event Aggregator for WordPress 300+ · 4.7★ (19) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 F FeedWordPress 8K+ · 4.2★ (61) wp.org #10 11 Tagembed: Social Media Feeds and Customer Reviews Widget 9K+ · 3.9★ (62) wp.org #13 2 too low 12 Import Eventbrite Events 3K+ · 4.5★ (52) wp.org #18 ↑1 6 too low 13 Juicer.io: Effortlessly embed, curate, and aggregate social media feeds into your website 8K+ · 4.2★ (29) wp.org #14 1 too low 14 Go Fetch Jobs (for WP Job Manager) 600+ · 4.5★ (28) wp.org #16 2 too low 15 FOX – Currency Switcher Professional for WooCommerce 50K+ · 4.4★ (250) wp.org #22 ↑1 7 too low 16 Curator.io 2K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #11 5 too high 17 Event SEO: Event Schema / Structured Data: Google Rich Snippet Schema for Event 700+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #17 18 WPCS – WordPress Currency Switcher Professional 800+ · 4.1★ (13) wp.org #24 6 too low 19 DaazSync – RSS News Aggregator 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 ↑1 13 too high 20 Content Aggregator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 21 Nokko RSS Aggregator — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↓1 2 too high 22 Auto Robot – WP Autoblogging and RSS Feed News Aggregator 40+ · 1.8★ (10) wp.org #15 7 too high 23 RSS Retriever Lite 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 24 Dynamic Post – AI Content – White Paper – Peer Review – Tax & Accounting Sites 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 3 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.