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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “dropbox”

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 “dropbox”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 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

Easy Integration for Dropbox – File Manager shows at wp.org #8 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 5 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WPvivid — Backup, Migration & Staging 900K+ · 4.9★ (1568) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy 600K+ · 5.0★ (4625) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More 1M+ · 4.9★ (4940) wp.org #2 ↓1 1 too high 4 UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin 4M+ · 4.8★ (8706) wp.org #4 5 Backup Migration 80K+ · 4.9★ (1338) wp.org #5 6 WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ · 4.8★ (14387) wp.org #9 ↓1 3 too low 7 WP STAGING – Backups & Restore, Migration & Clone Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups 100K+ · 4.8★ (2470) wp.org #10 ↓1 3 too low 8 PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce 300K+ · 5.0★ (1865) wp.org #7 ↓1 1 too high 9 Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone 600K+ · 4.5★ (135) wp.org #6 ↑4 3 too high 10 File Manager 1M+ · 4.6★ (1492) wp.org #11 ↑1 1 too low 11 All-in-One WP Migration and Backup 5M+ · 4.5★ (7676) wp.org #13 ↑1 2 too low 12 Download Manager 100K+ · 4.1★ (1006) wp.org #12 ↓1 13 Envira Gallery – Image Photo Gallery, Albums, Video Gallery, Slideshows & More 100K+ · 4.7★ (1596) wp.org #22 ↓6 9 too low 14 Advanced File Manager – Ultimate File Manager for WordPress And Document Library Solution 100K+ · 4.8★ (441) wp.org #20 6 too low 15 BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin 400K+ · 4.0★ (1323) wp.org #15 16 GravityExport Lite for Gravity Forms 10K+ · 5.0★ (39) wp.org #17 1 too low 17 WP Import Export Lite 40K+ · 4.0★ (113) wp.org #18 ↑4 1 too low 18 WP Database Backup – Unlimited Database & Files Backup by Backup for WP 20K+ · 4.5★ (102) wp.org #24 6 too low 19 Easy Integration for Dropbox – File Manager 100+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #8 ↓1 11 too high 20 Cloud Storage Manager for Fluent Forms – Google Drive, Dropbox, OneDrive, S3 Uploads 400+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #14 ↓1 6 too high 21 Royal WordPress Backup, Restore & Migration Plugin – Backup WordPress Sites Safely 30K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #16 ↑3 5 too high 22 WP Duplicate Page 60K+ · 4.2★ (16) wp.org #21 1 too high 23 Customer Cloud Gallery – Google Drive & Dropbox Image Gallery 70+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↓1 4 too high 24 Storage for Woo via Dropbox 10+ · 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.