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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “remove rss 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 rss feed”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 2 plugins are 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

RSS Control shows at wp.org #8 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 300+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Simple History – Track, Log, and Audit WordPress Changes places #11 on merit, 4.9★ from 491 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WP RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, Feed to Post, Autoblogging, AI Content 40K+ · 4.5★ (565) wp.org #1 2 RSS Aggregator by Feedzy – Feed to Post, Autoblogging, News & YouTube Video Feeds Aggregator 40K+ · 4.6★ (361) wp.org #2 3 Product Feed Manager for WooCommerce – RexFeed – Sell on 200+ Shopping Channels 10K+ · 4.8★ (256) wp.org #4 ↑2 1 too low 4 Featured Images in RSS for Mailchimp & More 20K+ · 4.3★ (113) wp.org #5 ↓2 1 too low 5 W3 Total Cache 900K+ · 4.4★ (5420) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 RSS Feed Widget 2K+ · 3.9★ (26) wp.org #3 3 too high 7 Polylang 900K+ · 4.7★ (3004) wp.org #12 5 too low 8 GN Publisher: Google News Compatible RSS Feeds 20K+ · 4.9★ (29) wp.org #6 ↓2 2 too high 9 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #16 ↓4 7 too low 10 Simple Statistics for Feeds 800+ · 4.8★ (58) wp.org #11 ↓1 1 too low 11 Simple History – Track, Log, and Audit WordPress Changes 300K+ · 4.9★ (491) wp.org #20 9 too low 12 Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gallery plugin) 100K+ · 4.8★ (205) wp.org #19 ↓4 7 too low 13 XML Sitemap & Google News 100K+ · 4.4★ (85) wp.org #15 ↑1 2 too low 14 Disable Bloat for WordPress & WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.8★ (100) wp.org #22 ↓4 8 too low 15 Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress 200K+ · 4.6★ (1205) wp.org #21 6 too low 16 Zen Feed 400+ · 5.0★ (18) wp.org #14 ↓3 2 too high 17 Disable Feeds WP 10K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #10 ↓1 7 too high 18 WPS Bidouille 9K+ · 4.9★ (54) wp.org #17 ↓4 1 too high 19 Vigilant – 100% Free Security Suite: Firewall, 2FA, Login, Headers, Scanner… 3K+ · 5.0★ (24) wp.org #24 ↓3 5 too low 20 RSS Feed Pro 400+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #7 13 too high 21 LWS Tools 10K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #18 ↓4 3 too high 22 Remove RSS Feed 1K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #23 ↓4 1 too low 23 RSS Control 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 ↑9 15 too high 24 RSS Retriever Lite 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 ↓8 11 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.