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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “mpeg dash”

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 “mpeg dash”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 3 of the top 19.

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.

Buried gem

Cloudinary – Deliver Images and Videos at Scale places #9 on merit, 4.0★ from 64 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 All-in-One Video Gallery – Video Player & Galleries for YouTube, Vimeo & Self-Hosted Videos 20K+ · 4.8★ (136) wp.org #1 2 EmbedPress 100K+ · 4.8★ (307) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 Super Video player – Fully Customizable Video Player with Playlist 2K+ · 4.2★ (30) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 FV Flowplayer Video Player 10K+ · 4.4★ (90) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too low 5 Bradmax Player 1K+ · 4.3★ (11) wp.org #3 2 too high 6 SmartVideo – Video Player and CDN 1K+ · 4.1★ (19) wp.org #7 ↓2 1 too low 7 Paid Videochat Turnkey Site – HTML5 PPV Live Webcams 10+ · 4.2★ (22) wp.org #12 ↓2 5 too low 8 Movie Engine – OTT Streaming Platform for Movies & TV Series 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 Cloudinary – Deliver Images and Videos at Scale 5K+ · 4.0★ (64) wp.org #19 ↓1 10 too low 10 Broadcast Live Video – Live Streaming : WebRTC, HLS, RTSP, RTMP 400+ · 2.7★ (14) wp.org #8 ↓1 2 too high 11 Unite Flex Gallery 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 ↓1 2 too high 12 Experience API for GamiPress by Grassblade 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↓1 2 too high 13 FWD Video Player 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↑1 2 too high 14 Shader Carousel 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓2 1 too high 15 Filmstrip Carousel 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↑3 1 too high 16 Teanco Video Player Lite — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓2 1 too high 17 ZW Player Video Embed 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓2 18 FWD Filmstrip Slider — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓2 19 Shader Spiral Carousel — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↓2 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.