wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “medias”
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 “medias”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 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
Media Focus Point shows at wp.org #13 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 6K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 10 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.
Buried gem
Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons places #10 on merit, 4.8★ from 5333 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.
Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager 90K+ · 5.0★ (1526)
wp.org #1 2 
Media Library Assistant 70K+ · 4.8★ (202)
wp.org #2 ↑2 3 
Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322)
wp.org #4 ↑1 1 too low 4 
Enable Media Replace 600K+ · 4.4★ (302)
wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too high 5 
Real Media Library: Media Library Folder & File Manager 100K+ · 4.8★ (297)
wp.org #5 ↓2 6 
Media Cleaner: Delete Unused Images & Clean Your Media Library 90K+ · 4.6★ (779)
wp.org #6 7 
Converter for Media – Optimize images | Convert WebP & AVIF 500K+ · 4.9★ (1106)
wp.org #7 8 
Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423)
wp.org #10 ↓1 2 too low 9 
FileBird – WordPress Media Library Folders & File Manager 200K+ · 4.7★ (1125)
wp.org #11 ↑1 2 too low 10 Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons 100K+ · 4.8★ (5333)
wp.org #17 ↓7 7 too low 11 
Phoenix Media Rename 50K+ · 4.7★ (75)
wp.org #9 ↑7 2 too high 12 
Media File Renamer: Rename Images & Files for SEO (AI-Powered) 40K+ · 4.6★ (447)
wp.org #16 4 too low 13 
Media Library Organizer – Folders, File Manager & Media Categories 20K+ · 4.7★ (150)
wp.org #14 ↑3 1 too low 14 
Media Sync 50K+ · 4.7★ (86)
wp.org #12 ↑1 2 too high 15 
CompressX — AVIF & WebP Converter, Media Replacement 40K+ · 5.0★ (197)
wp.org #19 ↑2 4 too low 16 
Metricool – Social media and site statistics 90K+ · 4.4★ (23) thin reviews
wp.org #8 8 too high 17 
Super Page Cache – Cloudflare Cache, Page Speed & Core Web Vitals 70K+ · 4.8★ (517)
wp.org #24 7 too low 18 
Media Library Folders 10K+ · 4.3★ (465)
wp.org #21 3 too low 19 
Speed Optimizer – The All-In-One Performance-Boosting Plugin 1M+ · 4.2★ (641)
wp.org #15 ↑3 4 too high 20 
Advanced Media Offloader – Offload Media to Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2, DigitalOcean Spaces & More 7K+ · 4.7★ (48)
wp.org #18 ↓7 2 too high 21 
GTM4WP – A Google Tag Manager (GTM) plugin for WordPress 700K+ · 4.5★ (155)
wp.org #22 ↓2 1 too low 22 
Export Media URLs 7K+ · 5.0★ (29)
wp.org #20 ↓1 2 too high 23 Media Focus Point 6K+ · 5.0★ (10) thin reviews
wp.org #13 ↑2 10 too high 24 
Disable Media Sizes 10K+ · 5.0★ (23) thin reviews
wp.org #23 ↓1 1 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.