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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “iframe 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 “iframe gallery”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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

Pixel Gallery Addons for Elementor shows at wp.org #10 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 4K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.8★ average from 5 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

LiteSpeed Cache places #8 on merit, 4.8★ from 2778 reviews, but shows at wp.org #15. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Social Feed Gallery 80K+ · 4.5★ (303) wp.org #1 2 Photo Gallery by 10Web – Mobile-Friendly Image Gallery 100K+ · 4.5★ (1581) wp.org #2 3 Meow Gallery 10K+ · 4.9★ (203) wp.org #3 ↓2 4 Responsive Lightbox & Gallery 100K+ · 4.9★ (2003) wp.org #6 ↑4 2 too low 5 Justified Gallery 8K+ · 4.9★ (206) wp.org #4 ↓1 1 too high 6 All-in-One Video Gallery – Video Player & Galleries for YouTube, Vimeo & Self-Hosted Videos 20K+ · 4.8★ (136) wp.org #9 3 too low 7 Gallery by Visual Portfolio 60K+ · 4.8★ (340) wp.org #11 ↓5 4 too low 8 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #15 ↓2 7 too low 9 Product Video Gallery for Woocommerce 10K+ · 4.6★ (97) wp.org #7 ↓2 2 too high 10 Automatic YouTube Gallery – Embed Auto-Updating YouTube Video Galleries, Feeds, Playlists & Channels 9K+ · 4.8★ (31) wp.org #8 ↓1 2 too high 11 AI-Powered Carousel, Slider, Video & Photo Gallery Blocks by WP Carousel 60K+ · 4.7★ (434) wp.org #18 7 too low 12 Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gallery plugin) 100K+ · 4.8★ (205) wp.org #16 ↓1 4 too low 13 Firelight Lightbox 200K+ · 4.8★ (361) wp.org #17 ↑2 4 too low 14 Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery, Livestream and Lazy Loading with Facades 100K+ · 4.6★ (572) wp.org #21 ↓4 7 too low 15 Gallery Box 1K+ · 4.1★ (18) wp.org #5 ↓1 10 too high 16 Advanced Custom Fields (ACF®) 2M+ · 4.5★ (1440) wp.org #19 ↑5 3 too low 17 3D FlipBook – PDF Embedder, PDF Flipbook Viewer, Flipbook Image Gallery 70K+ · 4.8★ (182) wp.org #24 ↓2 7 too low 18 Video Gallery for WooCommerce – Add Product Video & Featured Video 4K+ · 5.0★ (44) wp.org #12 ↓1 6 too high 19 Photo Gallery by Ays – Responsive Image Gallery 1K+ · 4.8★ (19) wp.org #13 ↓1 6 too high 20 Lightbox & Modal Popup WordPress Plugin – FooBox 100K+ · 3.9★ (95) wp.org #22 ↓2 2 too low 21 Pixel Gallery Addons for Elementor 4K+ · 4.8★ (5) wp.org #10 ↓2 11 too high 22 Dynamic Product Gallery for WooCommerce 1K+ · 3.1★ (37) wp.org #20 ↓4 2 too high 23 Feeds for TikTok (TikTok feed, video, and gallery plugin) 70K+ · 4.3★ (11) wp.org #23 ↓2 24 Video Gallery – YouTube, Vimeo Gallery & YouTube API 1K+ · 4.0★ (7) wp.org #14 10 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.