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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “pin creator”

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 “pin creator”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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

PinnerPress – Customizable Pin Buttons for Pinterest Creators shows at wp.org #3 but places #14 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 200+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

BetterLinks – Link Shortener, Link Cloaking, Redirects, Affiliate Link Manager & MCP places #12 on merit, 4.8★ from 85 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Link in Bio Creator – Social 2K+ · 4.3★ (21) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots 10K+ · 4.8★ (142) wp.org #4 ↑1 2 too low 3 Tutor LMS – eLearning and online course solution 100K+ · 4.4★ (590) wp.org #7 ↑1 4 too low 4 Post Duplicator 200K+ · 4.8★ (80) wp.org #6 ↑1 2 too low 5 WP Recipe Maker 50K+ · 5.0★ (356) wp.org #11 ↑1 6 too low 6 Animation Addons – Elementor Addons, GSAP Animations, Elementor V4 Atomic Widgets & Elementor Templates 10K+ · 4.6★ (66) wp.org #9 ↑1 3 too low 7 Create 6K+ · 4.3★ (25) wp.org #5 ↑1 2 too high 8 Rapls PDF Image Creator – PDF Thumbnails & Featured Images 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #2 ↑1 6 too high 9 The Plus Addons for Elementor – Mega Menu, Header Footer, Post Grid, AI Widgets & Templates 100K+ · 4.6★ (388) wp.org #17 ↑1 8 too low 10 WP Delicious – Recipe Plugin for Food Bloggers (formerly Delicious Recipes) 4K+ · 4.9★ (71) wp.org #12 ↑1 2 too low 11 Social Preview and Open Graph Tags 50K+ · 4.6★ (122) wp.org #22 ↑1 11 too low 12 BetterLinks – Link Shortener, Link Cloaking, Redirects, Affiliate Link Manager & MCP 20K+ · 4.8★ (85) wp.org #24 12 too low 13 Contest Gallery – Upload & Vote Photos, Media, Sell with PayPal & Stripe 1K+ · 4.4★ (89) wp.org #20 ↑1 7 too low 14 PinnerPress – Customizable Pin Buttons for Pinterest Creators 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 ↑1 11 too high 15 Memberful – Membership Plugin 1K+ · 4.7★ (13) wp.org #21 ↑1 6 too low 16 Taggbox: Social Media Feed Widget 1K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #15 ↑1 1 too high 17 Tasty Recipes Lite – WordPress Recipe Card Plugin with Built-In Recipe Schema 2K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 ↑1 9 too high 18 Feeds for Pinterest – Turn Your Boards into a Beautiful Gallery 200+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #13 ↑1 5 too high 19 My Social Feeds – bring your social content into WordPress 600+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 ↑1 9 too high 20 Pin Magic – Pin Creator for Pinterest — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↑1 6 too high 21 Universally – AI Translation & Multilingual SEO: Translate Your Site into 110+ Languages 30K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↑1 2 too high 22 Pin CTA 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↑1 1 too low 23 Feedliyo Lite – Social Feed & Product Feed & Review Feed 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 ↑1 5 too high 24 All Embed – Multi-Source Embed Widgets for Elementor 500+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↑1 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.