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

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 “foogallery”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 of the top 20. 2 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

Migrate away from FooGallery shows at wp.org #3 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 300+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Media Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your Media Library places #10 on merit, 4.6★ from 779 reviews, but shows at wp.org #23. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 FooGallery Photo Gallery : Image, Video & Masonry Galleries 100K+ · 4.8★ (995) wp.org #1 2 Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery 100K+ · 4.7★ (616) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 FileBird – WordPress Media Library Folders & File Manager 200K+ · 4.7★ (1125) wp.org #7 4 too low 4 EWWW Image Optimizer 1M+ · 4.8★ (1842) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox 100K+ · 3.9★ (95) wp.org #5 6 Real Media Library: Media Library Folder & File Manager 100K+ · 4.8★ (297) wp.org #8 2 too low 7 ARI Fancy Lightbox – Popup for WordPress 10K+ · 4.7★ (71) wp.org #9 2 too low 8 Dynamic XML Sitemaps Generator for Google 20K+ · 4.7★ (47) wp.org #10 2 too low 9 Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider 500K+ · 4.6★ (743) wp.org #20 11 too low 10 Media Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your Media Library 90K+ · 4.6★ (779) wp.org #23 13 too low 11 Enhanced Media Library 60K+ · 4.3★ (298) wp.org #16 5 too low 12 Broadcast 1K+ · 4.9★ (214) wp.org #14 ↓1 2 too low 13 FooGallery Migrate 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #2 11 too high 14 Image SEO – AI-Driven Image SEO Optimizer 900+ · 3.4★ (57) wp.org #11 3 too high 15 Real Category Management: Content Management in Category Folders 2K+ · 4.1★ (17) wp.org #12 3 too high 16 Migrate away from FooGallery 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #3 13 too high 17 Lens – WordPress Media Library Folders & File Manager 80+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #17 18 DropAvif Image Optimizer – Convert WebP & AVIF | Compress Images 80+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #15 3 too high 19 Wisp Gallery 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 ↑1 6 too high 20 GPS 2 Photos 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 2 too high 21 ShutterPress Migrate – Import from NextGEN, Envira, FooGallery and Modula into ShutterPress — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 2 too high 22 DarkUploader – Image uploader for Darktable — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 1 too high 23 Heckgalerie — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 1 too high 24 Ordnerwerk – Medienordner für die Mediathek — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24

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.