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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “image paste”

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 “image paste”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 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

Live Copy Paste for Elementor – Cross Domain Copy Paste & Page Duplicator shows at wp.org #2 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 6K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.3★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery 100K+ · 4.7★ (616) wp.org #1 2 Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 60K+ · 4.6★ (264) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 Ultimate Responsive Image Slider 30K+ · 4.5★ (248) wp.org #5 ↑1 2 too low 4 The Paste 9K+ · 4.8★ (35) wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too high 5 Image Hover Effects Ultimate ( Image Gallery, Effects, Lightbox, Comparison & Magnifier ) 10K+ · 4.7★ (250) wp.org #6 ↓2 1 too low 6 FooGallery Photo Gallery : Image, Video & Masonry Galleries 100K+ · 4.8★ (995) wp.org #9 ↓4 3 too low 7 ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051) wp.org #10 ↑1 3 too low 8 Image Hover Effects – Elementor Addon 40K+ · 4.9★ (83) wp.org #8 ↓1 9 Image Gallery 3K+ · 4.4★ (32) wp.org #7 ↑1 2 too high 10 Flipbox – Awesomes Flip Boxes Image Overlay 9K+ · 4.7★ (149) wp.org #13 ↓1 3 too low 11 Kraken.io Image Optimizer – Compress, Convert to WebP & AVIF, Resize & Bulk Optimize 10K+ · 4.5★ (119) wp.org #14 ↓1 3 too low 12 Image CAPTCHA for Contact Form 7 and WPForms by HookAndHook (DSGVO/GDPR) 70K+ · 4.7★ (49) wp.org #11 ↓2 1 too high 13 Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #24 ↓1 11 too low 14 Instant Images – One-click Image Uploads from Unsplash, Openverse, Pixabay, Pexels, and Giphy 100K+ · 4.8★ (59) wp.org #15 ↓1 1 too low 15 B Before After Image Comparison Slider for Elementor 10K+ · 4.4★ (96) wp.org #16 ↓1 1 too low 16 Interactive Image Map Builder 1K+ · 5.0★ (17) wp.org #17 ↓1 1 too low 17 Live Copy Paste for Elementor – Cross Domain Copy Paste & Page Duplicator 6K+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #2 ↑1 15 too high 18 QuickWebP – WebP & AVIF Image Optimizer, Compression & SEO for WordPress 8K+ · 4.8★ (20) wp.org #23 ↓4 5 too low 19 Featured Image in Content 600+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #19 ↓1 20 URL Image Importer – Import External Images to the Media Library from URL, CSV & XML 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 ↓2 8 too high 21 RDV Category Image 300+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #21 22 Advanced Image Hover Effect for Elementor 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #22 ↓2 23 Image Gallery Block – Showcase Photos in Stunning Responsive Grids 2K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #18 ↓1 5 too high 24 ClipCloud – Image Generation 400+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↑2 4 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.