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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “php portfolio”

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 “php portfolio”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 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

Genesis Portfolio Pro shows at wp.org #5 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 5K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.5★ average from 4 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery places #7 on merit, 4.7★ from 616 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Gallery by Visual Portfolio 50K+ · 4.8★ (340) wp.org #1 2 Portfolio Filter Gallery – Photo Gallery 20K+ · 4.8★ (348) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Radius Portfolio – Filterable Grid, Gallery & Slider Portfolio 7K+ · 4.6★ (38) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322) wp.org #12 ↑1 8 too low 5 Portfolio, Gallery, Product Catalog – Grid KIT Portfolio 6K+ · 4.4★ (300) wp.org #11 6 too low 6 PowerFolio – Portfolio & Image Gallery for Elementor 10K+ · 4.5★ (12) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery 100K+ · 4.7★ (616) wp.org #17 ↑3 10 too low 8 Twentig Supercharged Block Editor – Blocks, Patterns, Starter Sites, Portfolio 20K+ · 4.9★ (171) wp.org #15 ↓3 7 too low 9 Simple Custom Post Order 300K+ · 4.8★ (588) wp.org #18 ↑4 9 too low 10 GS Pinterest Portfolio – Pins Grid, Masonry, User Profile, Popup & Board Widgets 1K+ · 4.8★ (47) wp.org #10 11 GS Portfolio – WordPress Portfolio Plugin with Filterable Portfolio Grid and Portfolio Slider 300+ · 4.4★ (37) wp.org #8 3 too high 12 Responsive Filterable Portfolio Gallery – Media Grid & Video Portfolio 1K+ · 4.6★ (18) wp.org #7 5 too high 13 Video Gallery – YouTube Gallery, Vimeo, Video Portfolio, Image Portfolio and Image Gallery 10K+ · 4.8★ (182) wp.org #20 ↓3 7 too low 14 Royal Addons for Elementor – Addons and Templates Kit for Elementor 600K+ · 4.8★ (612) wp.org #22 ↓1 8 too low 15 Filterable Portfolio 1K+ · 4.2★ (13) wp.org #6 9 too high 16 Custom Post Type UI 1M+ · 4.6★ (276) wp.org #24 8 too low 17 Behance Portfolio Manager 300+ · 4.8★ (18) wp.org #14 ↑1 3 too high 18 Premium Portfolio Features for Phlox theme 30K+ · 4.3★ (7) wp.org #9 9 too high 19 Portfolio X 100+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #13 ↑1 6 too high 20 Version Info – Server Health Monitor, PHP & MySQL Version Display, Environment Indicators 10K+ · 5.0★ (15) wp.org #21 ↓2 1 too low 21 Genesis Portfolio Pro 5K+ · 4.5★ (4) wp.org #5 16 too high 22 a3 Portfolio 100+ · 3.0★ (12) wp.org #19 ↓1 3 too high 23 Zozo Portfolio – Elementor & Gutenberg Portfolio Plugin 20+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #23 ↑1 24 Portfolio Responsive Gallery 200+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #16 8 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.