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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “fluid player”

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 “fluid player”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 5 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

Yoppli Video Player Design shows at wp.org #5 but places #10 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its — 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Prime Slider – Hero Slider, Carousel, WooCommerce & Post Slider Elementor Addons 100K+ · 4.5★ (82) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 WpStream – Live Streaming, Video on Demand, Pay Per View 3K+ · 4.8★ (78) wp.org #3 ↑1 1 too low 3 HLS Player 600+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 My YouTube Channel 5K+ · 4.4★ (39) wp.org #12 8 too low 5 MediaHaven – Video Gallery, HLS Player & WooCommerce Product Videos 40+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 F Fluid Player 400+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #4 ↓1 2 too high 7 Pixel Gallery Addons for Elementor 4K+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #7 8 AutoCEP 1K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #8 9 Youtube Video Search 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #11 2 too low 10 Yoppli Video Player Design — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 5 too high 11 Kata Plus – Addons for Elementor – Widgets, Extensions and Templates 300+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 Section Separator Block – Modern Waves, Icons, Pills & Emoji Stacks 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 3 too high 13 OOW PJAX 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 14 WordWave – Text to Speech AI Narration 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 15 BricksFly Elements and Templates for Bricks 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↑1 1 too low 16 Fluidvids for WordPress 80+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #24 8 too low 17 Sangar Studio ReadFlow — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too low 18 Roobely – Advanced Blocks 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓3 1 too low 19 Questiory — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 4 too high 20 VEFflipBox — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓1 21 Grinner Blocks — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↑1 22 Reel – Product Gallery Zoom & Video for WooCommerce — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↑3 5 too high 23 AppConsent CMP by SFBX 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↑1 24 You Video Gallery 10+ · 2.0★ (1) wp.org #22 ↑1 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.