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

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 resizer”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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

Font Resizer with A+, A, A- shows at wp.org #11 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 30+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Brizy – Page Builder places #11 on merit, 4.7★ from 972 reviews, but shows at wp.org #23. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Zeno Font Resizer 5K+ · 4.6★ (20) wp.org #1 2 Resize Image After Upload 80K+ · 4.8★ (56) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 Image Optimizer, Resizer and CDN – Sirv 900+ · 4.9★ (265) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 Images to WebP 9K+ · 4.4★ (32) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Better image sizes 2K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #2 3 too high 6 Imsanity 200K+ · 4.9★ (291) wp.org #14 ↓1 8 too low 7 Gmedia Photo Gallery 7K+ · 4.3★ (260) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 Schema & Structured Data for WP & AMP 100K+ · 4.5★ (252) wp.org #9 1 too low 9 Gallery by Visual Portfolio 60K+ · 4.8★ (340) wp.org #18 ↓3 9 too low 10 ImageRecycle pdf & image compression 1K+ · 4.5★ (26) wp.org #7 ↓1 3 too high 11 Brizy – Page Builder 60K+ · 4.7★ (972) wp.org #23 ↓3 12 too low 12 Gallery PhotoBlocks 3K+ · 5.0★ (76) wp.org #21 ↓4 9 too low 13 Gallery – Photo Albums Plugin 2K+ · 3.8★ (277) wp.org #22 ↓3 9 too low 14 Filikod – Alt Text Checker & Bulk Image Alt Text Editor 200+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #17 3 too low 15 Mortar for Bricks Builder 300+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #12 3 too high 16 App Builder – Create Native Android & iOS Apps On The Flight 500+ · 3.9★ (8) wp.org #15 ↑3 1 too high 17 Mass Resizer 50+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 ↑1 11 too high 18 TuriTop Booking System 500+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 ↓1 5 too high 19 AAWEB Advanced Image Resizer 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 9 too high 20 WP Imsizer 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #24 ↓3 4 too low 21 Yangra Image Resizer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓2 5 too high 22 F FWS On-Demand-Resizer 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓3 3 too high 23 ImReso: Unlimited Target-Size Image Compressor 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↑3 3 too high 24 Font Resizer with A+, A, A- 30+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #11 13 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.