wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “iframe”
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 “iframe”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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
iFrame Block shows at wp.org #8 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 800+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 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 #11 on merit, 4.9★ from 542 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.
Advanced iFrame 40K+ · 4.4★ (54)
wp.org #2 3 
Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1668)
wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too low 4 
LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778)
wp.org #6 ↓1 2 too low 5 
LazyLoad Plugin – Lazy Load Images, Videos, and Iframes 100K+ · 4.2★ (139)
wp.org #5 ↑3 6 
Super Page Cache – Cloudflare Cache, Page Speed & Core Web Vitals 70K+ · 4.8★ (517)
wp.org #9 3 too low 7 
Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads 300K+ · 4.9★ (2433)
wp.org #12 ↑1 5 too low 8 
Firelight Lightbox 200K+ · 4.8★ (361)
wp.org #11 ↑7 3 too low 9 
WPFront Scroll Top 200K+ · 4.9★ (142)
wp.org #14 ↓2 5 too low 10 
Custom iFrame – Embed PDFs, Videos, and External Content in WordPress (Elementor & Gutenberg) 4K+ · 5.0★ (5) thin reviews
wp.org #3 ↑1 7 too high 11 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 #24 13 too low 12 
a3 Lazy Load 80K+ · 4.3★ (148)
wp.org #18 ↑1 6 too low 13 
GTM4WP – A Google Tag Manager (GTM) plugin for WordPress 700K+ · 4.5★ (155)
wp.org #19 ↓2 6 too low 14 
Speed Optimizer – The All-In-One Performance-Boosting Plugin 1M+ · 4.2★ (641)
wp.org #21 7 too low 15 
Embed PDF Viewer 20K+ · 4.7★ (19) thin reviews
wp.org #13 ↓2 2 too high 16 
Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox 100K+ · 3.9★ (95)
wp.org #20 ↓4 4 too low 17 
WPC Smart Compare for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.5★ (44) throws errorsnot PHP-current
wp.org #17 ↑3 18 
PayTR Sanal POS WooCommerce – iFrame API 10K+ · 3.2★ (10) thin reviews
wp.org #7 ↓1 11 too high 19 
Smart LazyLoad – Lazy Load Images, Videos and Iframes 300+ · 5.0★ (5) thin reviews
wp.org #10 ↓1 9 too high 20 
AWEOS Google Maps iframe load per click 3K+ · 4.7★ (10) thin reviews
wp.org #16 ↓2 4 too high 21 
Simple YouTube Embed 4K+ · 4.2★ (15) thin reviews
wp.org #23 2 too low 22 
Auto iFrame 3K+ · 3.6★ (18) thin reviews
wp.org #22 23 iFrame Block 800+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews
wp.org #8 ↓1 15 too high 24 
Static Posts for Twitter – Embed x.com Tweets without an iframe 100+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews
wp.org #15 ↑1 9 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.