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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “powerpoint”

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 “powerpoint”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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

Export Media as ZIP shows at wp.org #9 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 3K+ 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

EmbedPress places #6 on merit, 4.8★ from 307 reviews, but shows at wp.org #12. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Embed Any Document – Embed PDF, Word, PowerPoint and Excel Files 50K+ · 4.2★ (92) wp.org #1 2 Document Embedder – let visitors read files without downloading 9K+ · 4.9★ (120) wp.org #3 ↓1 1 too low 3 Ajax Search Lite – Live Search & Filter 70K+ · 4.8★ (266) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Download Manager 90K+ · 4.1★ (1006) wp.org #8 ↓3 4 too low 5 Document Gallery 8K+ · 4.8★ (112) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 EmbedPress 100K+ · 4.8★ (307) wp.org #12 ↓1 6 too low 7 Document Viewer – let visitors view files right in the browser 2K+ · 4.7★ (52) wp.org #7 8 Marker.io – Visual Website Feedback 4K+ · 5.0★ (44) wp.org #11 ↓2 3 too low 9 FileBird Document Library 5K+ · 4.9★ (8) wp.org #5 ↑1 4 too high 10 Document Embedder Addons for Elementor – Embed Documents in Elementor Websites 6K+ · 3.7★ (7) wp.org #2 ↑1 8 too high 11 CatFolders Document Gallery & PDF Library 3K+ · 4.5★ (15) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 Shared Files – File Upload & Download Manager 4K+ · 4.4★ (34) wp.org #16 4 too low 13 Easy Media Download 8K+ · 4.0★ (28) wp.org #14 ↓1 1 too low 14 miniOrange Embed Files for SharePoint/OneDrive 700+ · 5.0★ (41) wp.org #23 ↑1 9 too low 15 WPYog Documents 100+ · 4.6★ (12) wp.org #13 ↓1 2 too high 16 RumbleTalk Group Chat for Communities & Live Events 600+ · 3.4★ (21) wp.org #17 ↓2 1 too low 17 Document Library Lite 4K+ · 4.1★ (12) wp.org #19 ↓2 2 too low 18 Export Media as ZIP 3K+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #9 ↓1 9 too high 19 Custom Fields Account Registration For Woocommerce 800+ · 3.7★ (6) wp.org #21 2 too low 20 Full-Text Search 200+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #15 ↓1 5 too high 21 EqualWeb Accessibility 4K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #18 3 too high 22 Document Engine – Document Library, PDF Viewer & Post to PDF 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #22 23 KindPixels PDF Gallery – Turn Files into Clean Galleries 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 3 too high 24 Product Document Viewer for WooCommerce 10+ · 4.0★ (1) wp.org #24 ↓1

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.