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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “object cloud storage”

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 “object cloud storage”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 3 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

WP-Stateless – Google Cloud Storage shows at wp.org #8 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 4K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.9★ average from 51 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk places #10 on merit, 4.8★ from 3220 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 Duplicator – Backups & Migration Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups, & More 1M+ · 4.9★ (4940) wp.org #1 2 UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin 4M+ · 4.8★ (8706) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security 5M+ · 4.7★ (5038) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Offload Media – Cloud Storage 1K+ · 4.4★ (18) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin 400K+ · 4.0★ (1323) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4962) wp.org #11 5 too low 7 All-in-One WP Migration and Backup 5M+ · 4.5★ (7676) wp.org #10 ↓2 3 too low 8 Backuply – Backup, Restore, Migrate and Clone 600K+ · 4.5★ (135) wp.org #7 ↑5 1 too high 9 LiteSpeed Cache 7M+ · 4.8★ (2778) wp.org #12 ↑2 3 too low 10 Anti-Spam, Spam FireWall by CleanTalk 200K+ · 4.8★ (3220) wp.org #16 ↑1 6 too low 11 W3 Total Cache 900K+ · 4.4★ (5420) wp.org #13 ↑3 2 too low 12 Media Cloud Sync 1K+ · 4.9★ (13) wp.org #5 7 too high 13 WP Offload Media Lite for Amazon S3, DigitalOcean Spaces, and Google Cloud Storage 30K+ · 3.7★ (115) wp.org #9 4 too high 14 EWWW Image Optimizer 1M+ · 4.8★ (1842) wp.org #18 ↑1 4 too low 15 Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 60K+ · 4.6★ (264) wp.org #20 5 too low 16 WP-Stateless – Google Cloud Storage 4K+ · 3.9★ (51) wp.org #8 ↓1 8 too high 17 Advanced Media Offloader – Offload Media to Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2, DigitalOcean Spaces & More 7K+ · 4.7★ (48) wp.org #15 ↓2 2 too high 18 Assistant – Every Day Productivity Apps 4K+ · 4.9★ (15) wp.org #23 ↑1 5 too low 19 Sync QCloud COS 500+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #22 ↑1 3 too low 20 Storage for Woo via S3-Compatible 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #14 ↑1 6 too high 21 ArvanCloud Object Storage 90+ · 3.3★ (14) wp.org #19 ↑2 2 too high 22 FlyWP Helper – Page Cache, Page Optimization, Emails for FlyWP Server Control Panel 4K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #21 ↑1 1 too high 23 R R2 Cloud Storage 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↑1 6 too high 24 Cloud S3 Storage 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24

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.