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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “livestream”

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 “livestream”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 of the top 20. 5 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

Video Manager for Peertube shows at wp.org #4 but places #12 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 60+ 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

Event Tickets and Registration places #7 on merit, 3.5★ from 236 reviews, but shows at wp.org #22. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery, Livestream and Lazy Loading with Facades 100K+ · 4.6★ (572) wp.org #1 2 Automatic YouTube Gallery – Embed Auto-Updating YouTube Video Galleries, Feeds, Playlists & Channels 9K+ · 4.8★ (31) wp.org #2 3 Gallery – Photo Albums Plugin 2K+ · 3.8★ (277) wp.org #6 3 too low 4 Live Shopping & Shoppable Videos For WooCommerce 300+ · 4.6★ (9) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 FlexMeeting – Webinar & Meeting Plugin for Jitsi Meet 1K+ · 4.5★ (38) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 Embeds for YouTube 9K+ · 4.2★ (24) wp.org #12 6 too low 7 Event Tickets and Registration 90K+ · 3.5★ (236) wp.org #22 ↓2 15 too low 8 Instant Indexing for Google 200K+ · 3.6★ (36) wp.org #23 ↓2 15 too low 9 StreamWeasels YouTube Integration 1K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #20 ↓1 11 too low 10 WP YouTube Live 1K+ · 4.0★ (10) wp.org #11 1 too low 11 Broadcast Live Video – Live Streaming : WebRTC, HLS, RTSP, RTMP 400+ · 2.7★ (14) wp.org #9 ↓1 2 too high 12 Video Manager for Peertube 60+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 8 too high 13 Fast Index for Google Indexing API 300+ · 3.3★ (3) wp.org #5 8 too high 14 Livestream Embedder 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 4 too high 15 Church Social 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 7 too high 16 PulpitKit — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 3 too high 17 Gather — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 2 too high 18 HDWebmobile Live Shopping with Agora — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 2 too high 19 Saiy2k Nostr Components — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 2 too high 20 Timed Event Block — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 2 too high 21 VelocityIndex Lite — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 2 too high 22 Stream Player by netmix® – Streaming audio for WordPress! 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓1 8 too high 23 Takt Site Features — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 2 too high 24 Livestream Notice — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓2

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.