wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “gallery”
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 “gallery”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 3 of the top 20. 4 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
Video Gallery for WooCommerce – Add Product Video & Featured Video shows at wp.org #16 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 4K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 44 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.
Robo Gallery – Photo & Image Slider 40K+ · 4.3★ (403)
wp.org #1 ↑1 2 
Photo Gallery, Sliders, Proofing and Themes – NextGEN Gallery 300K+ · 4.3★ (4339) not PHP-currentheavy footprint
wp.org #2 ↓1 3 
Gallery : FooGallery 100K+ · 4.8★ (986) not PHP-current
wp.org #3 4 
SimpLy Gallery 40K+ · 4.8★ (116)
wp.org #4 ↑1 5 
Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider 500K+ · 4.6★ (737)
wp.org #5 ↑8 6 
Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery 100K+ · 4.7★ (613)
wp.org #6 ↓2 7 
Gallery Custom Links 30K+ · 4.7★ (206)
wp.org #8 ↑10 1 too low 8 
Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery 100K+ · 4.5★ (1581) throws errorsnot PHP-current
wp.org #7 ↓1 1 too high 9 
Social Feed Gallery 80K+ · 4.5★ (303)
wp.org #9 ↓1 10 
Envira Gallery – Image Photo Gallery, Albums, Video Gallery, Slideshows & More 100K+ · 4.7★ (1597)
wp.org #13 ↓3 3 too low 11 
Meow Gallery 10K+ · 4.9★ (201)
wp.org #10 ↑1 1 too high 12 
Portfolio Filter Gallery – Photo Gallery 20K+ · 4.8★ (348)
wp.org #12 ↓6 13 
Photo Gallery – Responsive Image Galleries by Supsystic 20K+ · 4.6★ (498)
wp.org #14 ↑6 1 too low 14 
Photo Gallery – GT3 Image Gallery & Gutenberg Block Gallery 10K+ · 4.8★ (146) not PHP-current
wp.org #11 ↑11 3 too high 15 
Gallery by Visual Portfolio 60K+ · 4.8★ (336)
wp.org #17 ↑1 2 too low 16 
Lightbox for Gallery & Image Block 20K+ · 5.0★ (88)
wp.org #15 1 too high 17 
All-in-One Video Gallery – Video Player & Galleries for YouTube, Vimeo & Self-Hosted Videos 20K+ · 4.8★ (135)
wp.org #18 ↓3 1 too low 18 
Gallery PhotoBlocks 3K+ · 5.0★ (76)
wp.org #22 ↓5 4 too low 19 
Image Photo Gallery Final Tiles Grid 20K+ · 4.7★ (354) throws errorsnot PHP-current
wp.org #21 ↓1 2 too low 20 
Automatic YouTube Gallery – Embed Auto-Updating YouTube Video Galleries, Feeds, Playlists & Channels 9K+ · 4.8★ (31)
wp.org #19 1 too high 21 
Additional Variation Images Gallery for WooCommerce 20K+ · 4.6★ (160) throws errorsnot PHP-current
wp.org #20 ↓7 1 too high 22 Video Gallery for WooCommerce – Add Product Video & Featured Video 4K+ · 5.0★ (44) throws errorsnot PHP-current
wp.org #16 ↑1 6 too high 23 
Variation Images Gallery for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.7★ (39)
wp.org #23 ↓13 24 
Filter Gallery 3K+ · 4.6★ (22) thin reviews
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.