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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “ogg player”

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 “ogg player”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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 Player Addons for Elementor – Audio and Video Widgets for Elementor shows at wp.org #9 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.7★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

FV Flowplayer Video Player places #5 on merit, 4.4★ from 90 reviews, but shows at wp.org #10. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 HTML5 Audio Player – The Ultimate No-Code Podcast, MP3 & Audio Player 10K+ · 4.6★ (169) wp.org #1 2 HTML5 Video Player – embed fast, responsive videos with ease 20K+ · 4.6★ (195) wp.org #2 3 Compact WP Audio Player 20K+ · 4.1★ (69) wp.org #3 4 CP Media Player – Audio Player and Video Player 3K+ · 4.4★ (46) wp.org #4 5 FV Flowplayer Video Player 10K+ · 4.4★ (90) wp.org #10 ↓1 5 too low 6 Video Player Block – play videos beautifully on any device 2K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #5 ↑1 1 too high 7 Radio Station by netmix® – Manage and play your Show Schedule in WordPress! 1K+ · 4.6★ (30) wp.org #14 ↓1 7 too low 8 Bradmax Player 1K+ · 4.3★ (11) wp.org #8 ↓1 9 Lean Player – Video and Audio Player with Playlist for WordPress, Elementor and Gutenberg 2K+ · 4.7★ (6) wp.org #6 ↓1 3 too high 10 StreamCast – bring live radio to your site with a sleek player 1K+ · 4.9★ (7) wp.org #11 ↓1 1 too low 11 Radio Player Page 300+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #7 4 too high 12 ResponsiveVoice Text To Speech 7K+ · 3.9★ (34) wp.org #17 ↑3 5 too low 13 Voice Audio Widgets – Voice recorder with Forms, AI Powered STT, TTS, Transcriptions, Language Teaching 300+ · 5.0★ (16) wp.org #22 ↓3 9 too low 14 Audio Album 4K+ · 5.0★ (12) wp.org #23 ↓2 9 too low 15 Video Background Block – Add Stunning Video Backgrounds to Any Section 2K+ · 4.5★ (4) wp.org #12 ↓1 3 too high 16 Liteweight Podcast – run your podcast site without the bloat 400+ · 4.3★ (9) wp.org #15 ↓1 1 too high 17 Z-Downloads 70+ · 4.6★ (7) wp.org #20 ↓2 3 too low 18 Media Player Addons for Elementor – Audio and Video Widgets for Elementor 1K+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #9 ↓1 9 too high 19 Transcoder 400+ · 3.6★ (8) wp.org #24 ↓2 5 too low 20 GoDAM – Video Hosting for LMS & Online Courses 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #21 ↓4 1 too low 21 DS Custom Audio Player 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 ↓1 8 too high 22 Easy Player – YouTube, Vimeo & HTML5 Video Player 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 6 too high 23 Plugtuner Radio Player 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 5 too high 24 Stream Player by netmix® – Streaming audio for WordPress! 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓3 5 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.