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

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 “retweet”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 7 of the top 20. 4 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

Juicer.io: The Best Social Photo Feed – Posts, Reels, Stories and more shows at wp.org #8 but places #15 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 200+ 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

Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget places #5 on merit, 4.8★ from 401 reviews, but shows at wp.org #13. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler 40K+ · 4.5★ (2107) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Autopost for X (formerly Autoshare for Twitter) 5K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Social Boost: Giveaways, Instant win and Contests. Grow followers, shares, subscribers, traffic, referrals, sales and more 100+ · 5.0★ (25) wp.org #3 4 Juicer.io: Effortlessly embed, curate, and aggregate social media feeds into your website 8K+ · 4.2★ (29) wp.org #4 5 Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget 100K+ · 4.8★ (401) wp.org #13 8 too low 6 Feed Them Social – Social Media Feeds, Video, and Photo Galleries 20K+ · 4.7★ (639) wp.org #14 8 too low 7 Customize Feeds for Twitter 4K+ · 4.2★ (18) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Gratisfaction- Contests Giveaways Referral Loyalty Rewards and Birthdays Program 20+ · 5.0★ (16) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 Juiz Last Tweet Widget 500+ · 4.2★ (26) wp.org #6 3 too high 10 Giveaways and Contests by RafflePress – Get More Website Traffic, Email Subscribers, and Social Followers 20K+ · 3.9★ (43) wp.org #12 2 too low 11 SweepWidget – Giveaway, Contest, Sweepstakes, Competition & Photo Contest Plugin 100+ · 4.3★ (14) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 Good Old Twitter Feed Widget 400+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #10 2 too high 13 K Keyring Social Importers 70+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #21 8 too low 14 T Tools for Twitter 1K+ · 3.3★ (6) wp.org #22 8 too low 15 Juicer.io: The Best Social Photo Feed – Posts, Reels, Stories and more 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 7 too high 16 TEmbeds — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 5 too high 17 Fetch Some Tweets 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 2 too high 18 WP-jTweets 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 1 too high 19 I IndieWeb Press This 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 3 too high 20 Socialman – The Ultimate Giveaway & Contest Plugin for WordPress 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too high 21 S Social Bridge — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 Mathilda 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 4 too high 23 E Easy Retweet 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23

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.