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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “linkedin feed”

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 “linkedin feed”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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

ProFeedWP – LinkedIn Page Feed Block & Shortcode shows at wp.org #7 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 500+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder places #7 on merit, 4.8★ from 807 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Feed Them Social – Social Media Feeds, Video, and Photo Galleries 20K+ · 4.7★ (639) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Widgets for Social Photo Feed 10K+ · 4.7★ (28) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Tagembed: Social Media Feeds and Customer Reviews Widget 9K+ · 3.9★ (62) wp.org #3 4 WP Social Ninja – Embed Social Feeds, User Reviews & Chat Widgets 30K+ · 4.8★ (71) wp.org #6 ↓1 2 too low 5 Juicer.io: Effortlessly embed, curate, and aggregate social media feeds into your website 8K+ · 4.2★ (29) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 Buttonizer – Social Media Share Buttons, Social Icons, & Social Feeds 40K+ · 4.8★ (396) wp.org #9 3 too low 7 Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807) wp.org #16 ↓2 9 too low 8 Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress 200K+ · 4.6★ (1205) wp.org #12 4 too low 9 Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler 40K+ · 4.5★ (2107) wp.org #17 ↑1 8 too low 10 Social Preview and Open Graph Tags 50K+ · 4.6★ (122) wp.org #15 ↑1 5 too low 11 Conversios – GA4, Google Ads & Meta Conversion Tracking with Product Feed for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.3★ (206) wp.org #10 ↓2 1 too high 12 EmbedPress 100K+ · 4.8★ (307) wp.org #18 ↑1 6 too low 13 Revive Social – Social Media Auto Post and Scheduling Automation Plugin 20K+ · 4.0★ (556) wp.org #21 ↓1 8 too low 14 Social Media Auto Poster – Schedule & Publish to Buffer 7K+ · 4.5★ (125) wp.org #20 ↓5 6 too low 15 Taggbox: Social Media Feed Widget 1K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #8 ↓1 7 too high 16 Widgets for Social Post Feed 600+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #5 ↑1 11 too high 17 Sina Extension for Elementor 40K+ · 4.9★ (35) wp.org #23 ↓1 6 too low 18 Walls.io: Social Media Feed 1K+ · 3.8★ (6) wp.org #13 ↓1 5 too high 19 ProFeedWP – LinkedIn Page Feed Block & Shortcode 500+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 ↑3 12 too high 20 XT Feed for LinkedIn 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 6 too high 21 Widgets for Tiktok Feed 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 10 too high 22 Mirror App – Professional Feed 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1 2 too low 23 Widgets for Google Feed 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too high 24 Widgets for Youtube Video Feed 100+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #19 ↓2 5 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.