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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “disable embeds”

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 “disable embeds”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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

Pdf Embed shows at wp.org #11 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 10K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 6 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

EmbedPress places #12 on merit, 4.8★ from 307 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Disable Comments 1M+ · 4.7★ (281) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Disable Embeds 10K+ · 4.3★ (20) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #6 ↑1 3 too low 4 DearFlip – PDF Flipbook, 3D Flipbook, PDF embed, PDF viewer 200K+ · 4.9★ (194) wp.org #8 4 too low 5 Disable Bloat for WordPress & WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.8★ (100) wp.org #7 ↓1 2 too low 6 Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery, Livestream and Lazy Loading with Facades 100K+ · 4.6★ (572) wp.org #13 7 too low 7 Disable Everything 30K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #3 4 too high 8 Featherweight 10K+ · 4.1★ (45) wp.org #4 4 too high 9 Embed Any Document – Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel Files 50K+ · 4.2★ (92) wp.org #10 ↑1 1 too low 10 HTML5 Video Player – embed fast, responsive videos with ease 20K+ · 4.6★ (195) wp.org #17 ↓1 7 too low 11 Embed Privacy 10K+ · 4.9★ (26) wp.org #12 ↓3 1 too low 12 EmbedPress 100K+ · 4.8★ (307) wp.org #21 ↓11 9 too low 13 Hydrogen Calendar Embeds 1K+ · 4.5★ (6) wp.org #5 8 too high 14 Disable Right Click RB – Content Copy Protection, Prevent Copy & No Right Click 600+ · 4.2★ (14) wp.org #9 ↑6 5 too high 15 PowerBI Embed Reports 500+ · 5.0★ (23) wp.org #19 4 too low 16 WP Coder – Insert & Manage Code Snippets 10K+ · 4.9★ (32) wp.org #23 ↑1 7 too low 17 EMC – Embed Calendly Scheduling With Ease 10K+ · 4.8★ (14) wp.org #16 ↑1 1 too high 18 Automatic YouTube Gallery – Embed Auto-Updating YouTube Video Galleries, Feeds, Playlists & Channels 9K+ · 4.8★ (31) wp.org #24 ↓1 6 too low 19 Wonder PDF Embed 8K+ · 4.5★ (13) wp.org #15 ↑7 4 too high 20 Pdf Embed 10K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #11 ↑1 9 too high 21 Simple YouTube Embed 4K+ · 4.2★ (15) wp.org #14 7 too high 22 Embed Google Photos album 3K+ · 4.4★ (15) wp.org #20 2 too high 23 Interact Quiz & Form Embed 3K+ · 4.6★ (11) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too high 24 RUS Video Embeds for VK Video, Rutube and Dzen 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 6 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.