wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “remove feed”
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 “remove feed”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 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
Houzez Property Feed shows at wp.org #12 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.7★ average from 11 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.
Product Feed PRO for WooCommerce by AdTribes – Product Feeds for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.7★ (1072)
wp.org #1 ↑1 2 
Smash Balloon Social Photo Feed – Easy Social Feeds Plugin 1M+ · 4.9★ (4358)
wp.org #2 ↓1 3 
Product Feed Manager for WooCommerce – CTX Feed – Support 220+ Shopping, AI & Social Channels 90K+ · 4.6★ (838)
wp.org #3 4 
Wordfence Security – Firewall, Malware Scan, and Login Security 5M+ · 4.7★ (5040)
wp.org #4 5 
Product Feed Manager for WooCommerce – RexFeed – Sell on 200+ Shopping Channels 10K+ · 4.8★ (256)
wp.org #5 ↑1 6 
Feed Them Social – Social Media Feeds, Video, and Photo Galleries 20K+ · 4.7★ (639)
wp.org #7 ↓2 1 too low 7 
Social Feed Gallery 80K+ · 4.5★ (303)
wp.org #6 ↑3 1 too high 8 
Easy Social Feed – All In One Social Feed Plugin for WordPress 30K+ · 4.6★ (502)
wp.org #8 ↑4 9 
RSS Aggregator by Feedzy – Feed to Post, Autoblogging, News & YouTube Video Feeds Aggregator 40K+ · 4.6★ (361)
wp.org #11 ↑3 2 too low 10 
WPMR Google Feed Manager for WooCommerce – Sell on Google Merchant Center & Shopping 10K+ · 4.5★ (127)
wp.org #9 ↓1 1 too high 11 
Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget 100K+ · 4.8★ (401)
wp.org #14 ↓1 3 too low 12 
WP RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, Feed to Post, Autoblogging, AI Content 40K+ · 4.5★ (565)
wp.org #15 ↓4 3 too low 13 
WPZOOM Social Feed Widget & Block 50K+ · 4.3★ (51)
wp.org #10 ↓3 3 too high 14 
Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423)
wp.org #21 7 too low 15 
Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gallery plugin) 100K+ · 4.8★ (205)
wp.org #22 ↓2 7 too low 16 
XML Sitemap & Google News 100K+ · 4.4★ (85)
wp.org #17 ↑4 1 too low 17 
Simple Statistics for Feeds 800+ · 4.8★ (58)
wp.org #18 ↓1 1 too low 18 D Debloat – Remove Unused CSS, Optimize JS 30K+ · 4.8★ (41)
wp.org #19 1 too low 19 
RSS Feed Widget 2K+ · 3.9★ (26)
wp.org #13 6 too high 20 Houzez Property Feed 1K+ · 4.7★ (11) thin reviews
wp.org #12 ↑5 8 too high 21 
Zen Feed 400+ · 5.0★ (18) thin reviews
wp.org #23 ↓2 2 too low 22 
XML Feed for Skroutz & BestPrice for WooCommerce 700+ · 4.8★ (16) thin reviews
wp.org #20 ↓1 2 too high 23 
Simple Photo Feed 1K+ · 5.0★ (7) thin reviews
wp.org #16 ↓1 7 too high 24 
Disable Feeds WP 10K+ · 5.0★ (7) thin reviews
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.