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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “line share”

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

WPC Share Cart for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #7 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.2★ average from 11 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More places #7 on merit, 4.8★ from 14387 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Simple Share Buttons Adder 40K+ · 4.3★ (627) wp.org #1 2 AddToAny Share Buttons 300K+ · 4.7★ (1114) wp.org #2 3 Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share 100K+ · 4.8★ (523) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 Share Buttons & AI-powered Summaries 1K+ · 5.0★ (16) wp.org #4 5 Simple Social Media Share Buttons – Social Sharing for Everyone 20K+ · 4.8★ (194) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 OG — Better Share on Social Media 20K+ · 4.8★ (216) wp.org #13 7 too low 7 WPForms – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact Forms, Payment Forms, Survey Form, Quiz & More 5M+ · 4.8★ (14387) wp.org #19 12 too low 8 Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics 3M+ · 3.7★ (2408) wp.org #11 3 too low 9 Buttonizer – Social Media Share Buttons, Social Icons, & Social Feeds 40K+ · 4.8★ (396) wp.org #10 1 too low 10 Better Click To Share – Shareable Quote Boxes for X (Twitter) 6K+ · 4.8★ (48) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 Mobile Contact Line 1K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #3 8 too high 12 WPZOOM Connect: Social Icons Widget & Block, Share Buttons & Click to Chat 90K+ · 4.9★ (144) wp.org #16 4 too low 13 PrettyLinks – Affiliate Link Management, URL Shortener, Link Cloaking, Tracking & Branded Short Links 200K+ · 4.8★ (1322) wp.org #24 11 too low 14 Code Snippets 1M+ · 4.7★ (510) wp.org #12 2 too high 15 Ninja Forms – Contact Form Builder with Calculators, Quizzes, Signatures & AI Form Builder 500K+ · 4.4★ (1397) wp.org #23 8 too low 16 WP Socializer – Simple & Easy Social Media Share Icons 10K+ · 4.5★ (128) wp.org #18 2 too low 17 WP Super Cache 1M+ · 4.3★ (1346) wp.org #22 5 too low 18 Nobs • Share Buttons 3K+ · 4.7★ (93) wp.org #20 2 too low 19 Superb Social Media Share Buttons and Follow Buttons 6K+ · 4.4★ (11) wp.org #8 11 too high 20 Chart Block – Visualize Data with Bar, Line, Pie Charts 1K+ · 4.8★ (10) wp.org #17 3 too high 21 WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ · 2.9★ (583) wp.org #15 6 too high 22 Share a Draft 3K+ · 3.7★ (11) wp.org #14 8 too high 23 WPC Share Cart for WooCommerce 1K+ · 3.2★ (11) wp.org #7 16 too high 24 ShareToSocial – Social Media Share Buttons & Sharing Icons 100+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #21 3 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.