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

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 widget”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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.

Ranked above its merit

Meks Simple Flickr Widget shows at wp.org #5 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 18 places. Its 10K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.3★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

All-in-one Sticky Floating Contact Form, Call, Click to Chat, and 50+ Social Icon Tabs – My Sticky Elements places #12 on merit, 4.9★ from 542 reviews, but shows at wp.org #22. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Album Photostream Flickr Gallery 1K+ · 4.7★ (21) wp.org #1 2 WPZOOM Connect: Social Icons Widget & Block, Share Buttons & Click to Chat 90K+ · 4.9★ (144) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Album Gallery for Flickr 4K+ · 3.9★ (86) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Smart Slider 3 800K+ · 4.9★ (1125) wp.org #6 ↑2 2 too low 5 Photo Gallery by Supsystic – Image Gallery, Masonry, Albums & Lightbox 20K+ · 4.6★ (498) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery 100K+ · 4.5★ (1581) wp.org #10 ↑3 4 too low 7 Gallery by Visual Portfolio 50K+ · 4.8★ (340) wp.org #14 ↓3 7 too low 8 Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots 10K+ · 4.8★ (142) wp.org #13 ↓3 5 too low 9 Social Media Icon Widget – Social Profile Links with Gutenberg Block 4K+ · 4.1★ (16) wp.org #4 ↑1 5 too high 10 Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons 10K+ · 4.9★ (1911) wp.org #15 ↑1 5 too low 11 Master Slider – Responsive Touch Slider 60K+ · 4.6★ (504) wp.org #11 ↑1 12 All-in-one Sticky Floating Contact Form, Call, Click to Chat, and 50+ Social Icon Tabs – My Sticky Elements 40K+ · 4.9★ (542) wp.org #22 ↓1 10 too low 13 Social Media Feather 10K+ · 4.6★ (506) wp.org #20 ↓2 7 too low 14 Orphans 50K+ · 5.0★ (164) wp.org #19 ↓2 5 too low 15 Front End PM 4K+ · 4.8★ (220) wp.org #18 3 too low 16 Robo Gallery – Photo & Image Slider 40K+ · 4.3★ (406) wp.org #21 5 too low 17 Fuse Social Icons 10K+ · 4.6★ (58) wp.org #16 ↓2 1 too high 18 WP Social Widget 4K+ · 4.7★ (11) wp.org #12 ↓3 6 too high 19 Animated Live Wall Gallery 1K+ · 4.4★ (14) wp.org #17 ↓2 2 too high 20 Slider Pro 4K+ · 5.0★ (12) wp.org #23 ↓4 3 too low 21 Profile Box Shortcode And Widget 1K+ · 3.7★ (7) wp.org #8 ↓1 13 too high 22 Candy Social Widget 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #7 ↓1 15 too high 23 Meks Simple Flickr Widget 10K+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #5 ↓1 18 too high 24 Accordion Slider 2K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #24 ↓2

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.