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

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 “envira”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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 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

Migrate away from Envira Gallery shows at wp.org #4 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery places #9 on merit, 4.3★ from 4342 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Envira Gallery – Image Photo Gallery, Albums, Video Gallery, Slideshows & More 100K+ · 4.7★ (1597) wp.org #1 2 Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery 100K+ · 4.7★ (616) wp.org #2 3 FooGallery Photo Gallery : Image, Video & Masonry Galleries 100K+ · 4.8★ (995) wp.org #3 4 Slider by Soliloquy – Responsive Image Slider for WordPress 30K+ · 4.7★ (1025) wp.org #10 6 too low 5 WP Lightbox 2 20K+ · 4.4★ (89) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox 100K+ · 3.9★ (95) wp.org #8 2 too low 7 Dynamic XML Sitemaps Generator for Google 20K+ · 4.7★ (47) wp.org #9 2 too low 8 Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider 500K+ · 4.6★ (743) wp.org #18 10 too low 9 Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery 300K+ · 4.3★ (4342) wp.org #20 ↓1 11 too low 10 FancyBox for WordPress 30K+ · 4.6★ (92) wp.org #21 11 too low 11 Gallery PhotoBlocks 3K+ · 5.0★ (76) wp.org #22 11 too low 12 Image Photo Gallery Final Tiles Grid 20K+ · 4.7★ (353) wp.org #23 ↓3 11 too low 13 ModuloBox – NextGen Lightbox 200+ · 4.8★ (6) wp.org #13 14 FooGallery Migrate 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #5 ↓1 9 too high 15 Lens – WordPress Media Library Folders & File Manager 80+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 Migrate away from Envira Gallery 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 ↑1 12 too high 17 Share This Image 1K+ · 4.1★ (22) wp.org #24 ↓1 7 too low 18 Clever Fox 30K+ · 3.0★ (5) wp.org #7 11 too high 19 Mediaspy – Detect & Clean Unused Media 70+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #12 ↓1 7 too high 20 Wisp Gallery 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↑1 9 too high 21 GPS 2 Photos 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 6 too high 22 ShutterPress Migrate – Import from NextGEN, Envira, FooGallery and Modula into ShutterPress — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 6 too high 23 Lichtbild Gallery — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 6 too high 24 Heckgalerie — · 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.