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

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 “flickr”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 3 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.

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Ranked above its merit

Themify Shortcodes shows at wp.org #13 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 7K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons places #11 on merit, 4.8★ from 5333 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Photonic Gallery & Lightbox for Flickr, SmugMug & Others 10K+ · 4.8★ (193) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler 40K+ · 4.5★ (2107) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 Album Gallery for Flickr 4K+ · 3.9★ (86) wp.org #2 ↓1 1 too high 4 Smart Slider 3 800K+ · 4.9★ (1125) wp.org #5 ↑1 1 too low 5 Meow Gallery 10K+ · 4.9★ (203) wp.org #6 ↓1 1 too low 6 Album Photostream Flickr Gallery 1K+ · 4.7★ (21) wp.org #3 3 too high 7 Orphans 50K+ · 5.0★ (164) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 Photo Gallery by Supsystic – Image Gallery, Masonry, Albums & Lightbox 20K+ · 4.6★ (498) wp.org #9 1 too low 9 Gallery by Visual Portfolio 60K+ · 4.8★ (340) wp.org #10 ↓3 1 too low 10 Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider 60K+ · 4.6★ (504) wp.org #7 ↑2 3 too high 11 Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons 100K+ · 4.8★ (5333) wp.org #19 ↓6 8 too low 12 Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons 10K+ · 4.9★ (1911) wp.org #14 ↑2 2 too low 13 Front End PM 4K+ · 4.8★ (220) wp.org #16 ↑7 3 too low 14 Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery 100K+ · 4.5★ (1581) wp.org #21 7 too low 15 Animated Live Wall Gallery 1K+ · 4.4★ (14) wp.org #11 ↓1 4 too high 16 Fullscreen Galleria 800+ · 4.8★ (15) wp.org #15 1 too high 17 Generate Images (AI) – Magic Post Thumbnail 5K+ · 4.3★ (25) wp.org #12 ↓1 5 too high 18 Fuse Social Icons 10K+ · 4.6★ (58) wp.org #24 ↓3 6 too low 19 Slider Pro 4K+ · 5.0★ (12) wp.org #22 ↓3 3 too low 20 Responsive Flickr Slideshow 200+ · 4.8★ (6) wp.org #17 ↓3 3 too high 21 Accordion Slider 2K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #23 ↓3 2 too low 22 Curator.io 2K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #18 ↓1 4 too high 23 Meks Simple Flickr Widget 10K+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #20 ↓8 3 too high 24 T Themify Shortcodes 7K+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #13 11 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.