wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “facebook integration”
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 “facebook integration”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 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
Pixel Cat – Conversion Pixel Manager shows at wp.org #13 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 40K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.0★ average from 41 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.
WooCommerce 7M+ · 4.5★ (4833)
wp.org #1 2 
Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ · 4.8★ (7520)
wp.org #3 1 too low 3 
Easy Social Feed – All In One Social Feed Plugin for WordPress 30K+ · 4.6★ (502)
wp.org #4 1 too low 4 
Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322)
wp.org #5 1 too low 5 
Smash Balloon Social Post Feed – Simple Social Feeds for WordPress 100K+ · 4.7★ (1511)
wp.org #7 2 too low 6 
Nextend Social Login and Register 200K+ · 4.9★ (446)
wp.org #6 7 
Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27820)
wp.org #9 ↑2 2 too low 8 
Meta for WooCommerce 400K+ · 2.1★ (481) low rating, top placement
wp.org #2 6 too high 9 
Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1667)
wp.org #8 ↑6 1 too high 10 
Widgets for Google Reviews 1M+ · 4.9★ (2667)
wp.org #10 ↓2 11 
Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2144)
wp.org #12 1 too low 12 
Social Preview and Open Graph Tags 50K+ · 4.6★ (122)
wp.org #11 ↓2 1 too high 13 
Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button – Chaty 300K+ · 5.0★ (1244)
wp.org #18 ↑2 5 too low 14 
Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress 200K+ · 4.6★ (1205)
wp.org #19 5 too low 15 
Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics 3M+ · 3.7★ (2408)
wp.org #14 ↓1 1 too high 16 
Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132)
wp.org #22 ↓1 6 too low 17 
Advanced Form Integration — Connect Forms to 300+ Apps 9K+ · 4.8★ (91)
wp.org #15 2 too high 18 
ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051)
wp.org #23 ↑1 5 too low 19 
Bit integrations – Form Integration, Webhook, Spreadsheets, CRM, LMS & Email Automation 20K+ · 4.9★ (160)
wp.org #21 ↑1 2 too low 20 
Code Snippets 1M+ · 4.7★ (510)
wp.org #20 ↓4 21 Pixel Cat – Conversion Pixel Manager 40K+ · 4.0★ (41)
wp.org #13 ↓3 8 too high 22 
Widgets for Reviews & Recommendations 8K+ · 4.6★ (98)
wp.org #24 ↓1 2 too low 23 
Genial Comments 4K+ · 4.8★ (20) thin reviews
wp.org #16 ↑1 7 too high 24 
Simple Like Page – Fast & Privacy-Friendly Page Embeds 10K+ · 4.3★ (24) thin reviews
wp.org #17 ↑1 7 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.