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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “feedburner plugin”

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 “feedburner plugin”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 5 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

W3P SEO – Lightweight SEO, Schema & AI Search Toolkit shows at wp.org #3 but places #12 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 90+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

WP YouTube Lyte places #5 on merit, 4.8★ from 206 reviews, but shows at wp.org #13. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 RSS Redirect & Feedburner Alternative 1K+ · 4.9★ (18) wp.org #1 2 Featured Images in RSS for Mailchimp & More 20K+ · 4.3★ (113) wp.org #2 3 Simple Statistics for Feeds 800+ · 4.8★ (58) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 WP RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, Feed to Post, Autoblogging, AI Content 40K+ · 4.5★ (565) wp.org #10 6 too low 5 WP YouTube Lyte 20K+ · 4.8★ (206) wp.org #13 8 too low 6 Genesis eNews Extended 40K+ · 4.7★ (28) wp.org #8 2 too low 7 IP2Location Country Blocker 30K+ · 4.1★ (128) wp.org #12 5 too low 8 RSS Includes Pages 10K+ · 3.9★ (17) wp.org #9 1 too low 9 WP Subscribe 7K+ · 3.8★ (26) wp.org #14 5 too low 10 Catch Web Tools 10K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #6 4 too high 11 Socicon 200+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #5 6 too high 12 W3P SEO – Lightweight SEO, Schema & AI Search Toolkit 90+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #3 9 too high 13 G Gabfire Widget Pack 600+ · 4.4★ (13) wp.org #21 8 too low 14 FeedPress 200+ · 3.3★ (3) wp.org #7 7 too high 15 RSS with Images 300+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #18 3 too low 16 Membee Login 400+ · 3.4★ (5) wp.org #15 1 too high 17 S Subscribers Text Counter 100+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #16 1 too high 18 TL Coming Soon – Maintenance Mode & Under Construction 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #17 1 too high 19 I ImgCache — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 20 Admin Dashboard RSS Feed 500+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 9 too high 21 WP Feedburner Email Subscriber 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 B Bye Maridjan 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 F FeedBurner Footer SlideUp 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 FV Feedburner Replacement 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 2 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.