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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “html5”

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 “html5”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20.

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

HTML5 Chat shows at wp.org #9 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.1★ average from 8 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

All-in-One Video Gallery – Video Player & Galleries for YouTube, Vimeo & Self-Hosted Videos places #8 on merit, 4.8★ from 136 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 HTML5 Video Player – embed fast, responsive videos with ease 20K+ · 4.6★ (195) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 HTML5 Maps 4K+ · 4.6★ (45) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 HTML5 Audio Player – The Ultimate No-Code Podcast, MP3 & Audio Player 10K+ · 4.6★ (169) wp.org #4 ↓3 1 too low 4 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) wp.org #5 ↑3 1 too low 5 Videojs HTML5 Player 7K+ · 4.7★ (18) wp.org #3 ↑1 2 too high 6 Product Addons for Woocommerce – Product Options with Custom Fields 30K+ · 4.9★ (474) wp.org #11 ↑2 5 too low 7 Presto Player 100K+ · 4.8★ (346) wp.org #12 ↓1 5 too low 8 All-in-One Video Gallery – Video Player & Galleries for YouTube, Vimeo & Self-Hosted Videos 20K+ · 4.8★ (136) wp.org #16 8 too low 9 GTM4WP – A Google Tag Manager (GTM) plugin for WordPress 700K+ · 4.5★ (155) wp.org #13 ↑1 4 too low 10 AddToAny Share Buttons 300K+ · 4.7★ (1114) wp.org #17 7 too low 11 HTML5 Cumulus 1K+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #8 ↓1 3 too high 12 Easy Video Player 20K+ · 4.2★ (57) wp.org #14 ↑1 2 too low 13 Iptanus File Upload 10K+ · 4.4★ (117) wp.org #21 8 too low 14 Product Video Gallery for Woocommerce 10K+ · 4.6★ (97) wp.org #15 ↑5 1 too low 15 PlayerJS – Free Custom HTML5 Video and Audio Player Builder 900+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #6 ↓1 9 too high 16 SearchWP Live Ajax Search 40K+ · 4.7★ (36) wp.org #18 2 too low 17 Compact WP Audio Player 20K+ · 4.1★ (69) wp.org #19 2 too low 18 Highlight Search Terms 6K+ · 5.0★ (40) wp.org #22 4 too low 19 Interactive Content – H5P 40K+ · 4.8★ (61) wp.org #20 ↑1 1 too low 20 Able Player, accessible HTML5 media player 300+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #7 ↓1 13 too high 21 Reading progressbar 6K+ · 5.0★ (17) wp.org #24 ↓1 3 too low 22 Controls for Contact Form 7 (Redirects, Analytics & Tracking) 10K+ · 5.0★ (13) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 Shoutcast Icecast HTML5 Radio Player 900+ · 2.8★ (16) wp.org #10 13 too high 24 HTML5 Chat 100+ · 3.1★ (8) wp.org #9 15 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.