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

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 publishing”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 of the top 20.

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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

AI Marketing Expert — AI Email Marketing, AI Content Generator, SEO Analyzer, AI Workflow Automation, Social Media & Ai Chatbot shows at wp.org #11 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 2K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, Conditional Forms, Form Templates & Custom Form Builder for Elementor places #11 on merit, 4.7★ from 509 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 signals wp.org

WP to LinkedIn Auto Publish 900+ · 4.7★ (59) wp.org #1 2

Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics 3M+ · 3.7★ (2408) wp.org #2 3

Bit Social – Social Media Auto Poster and Scheduler 6K+ · 4.5★ (36) wp.org #3 4

Co-Authors, Multiple Authors and Guest Authors in an Author Box with PublishPress Authors 20K+ · 4.9★ (114) wp.org #6 ↑1 2 too low 5

Social Media Auto Poster – Schedule & Publish to Buffer 7K+ · 4.5★ (125) wp.org #5 ↓1 6

Social Media Auto Publish 5K+ · 4.7★ (345) wp.org #7 ↓1 1 too low 7

Social Login, Social Sharing by miniOrange 10K+ · 4.6★ (356) wp.org #9 2 too low 8

SchedulePress – Auto Post & Publish, Auto Social Share, Schedule Posts with Editorial Calendar & Missed Schedule Post Publisher 10K+ · 4.6★ (201) wp.org #8 9

Metricool – Social media and site statistics 90K+ · 4.4★ (23) thin reviews wp.org #4 ↑1 5 too high 10

Robo Gallery – Photo & Image Slider 40K+ · 4.3★ (406) wp.org #13 3 too low 11

MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, Conditional Forms, Form Templates & Custom Form Builder for Elementor 500K+ · 4.7★ (509) wp.org #16 ↓2 5 too low 12

Nelio Content – Editorial Calendar & Social Media Auto-Posting 3K+ · 4.4★ (104) wp.org #14 2 too low 13

Chat Widget: Floating Customer Support Button for 30+ Channels, Supporting SMS, Calls, and Chat – Bit Assist 9K+ · 4.9★ (111) wp.org #19 ↓3 6 too low 14

RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login 7K+ · 4.5★ (459) wp.org #24 ↓3 10 too low 15

NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster 20K+ · 3.3★ (617) wp.org #17 ↓5 2 too low 16

WP Post Author – Author Box, Multiple Authors, Guest Authors & Custom Avatars 10K+ · 4.2★ (22) thin reviews wp.org #15 ↑3 1 too high 17

Social Media Auto Poster – Schedule & Publish to Hootsuite 200+ · 4.1★ (15) thin reviews wp.org #12 ↓1 5 too high 18

Radius Portfolio – Filterable Grid, Gallery & Slider Portfolio 7K+ · 4.6★ (38) wp.org #21 ↑1 3 too low 19

Social Post Flow – Social Media Automation, Scheduling, Scheduler, Posting & Auto Post 200+ · 4.2★ (10) thin reviews wp.org #10 ↑10 9 too high 20

Toocheke Companion 1K+ · 4.6★ (8) thin reviews wp.org #22 ↓5 2 too low 21

Bitly URL Shortener 500+ · 5.0★ (5) thin reviews wp.org #20 ↓5 1 too high 22

Taggbox: Social Media Feed Widget 1K+ · 5.0★ (4) thin reviews wp.org #23 ↓4 1 too low 23

Social Publisher – Auto Post to LinkedIn 10+ · 5.0★ (3) thin reviews wp.org #18 ↓5 5 too high 24

AI Marketing Expert — AI Email Marketing, AI Content Generator, SEO Analyzer, AI Workflow Automation, Social Media & Ai Chatbot 2K+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #11 ↓1 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.