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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “rss feed pause”

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 “rss feed pause”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 of the top 20. 3 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

Feedliyo Lite – Social Feed & Product Feed & Review Feed shows at wp.org #2 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 17 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

Element Pack Addons for Elementor – MCP & AI-Ready Elementor Widgets, Elementor Templates, Elementor Addons places #10 on merit, 4.7★ from 284 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. 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 Podcast Player – Your Podcasting Companion 10K+ · 4.8★ (113) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 HTML5 Audio Player – The Ultimate No-Code Podcast, MP3 & Audio Player 10K+ · 4.6★ (169) wp.org #5 ↑1 2 too low 4 Ditty – Responsive News Tickers, Sliders, and Lists 30K+ · 4.6★ (106) wp.org #4 5 AI-Powered Carousel, Slider, Video & Photo Gallery Blocks by WP Carousel 60K+ · 4.7★ (434) wp.org #11 6 too low 6 Asset CleanUp: Page Speed Booster 100K+ · 4.9★ (1564) wp.org #12 ↓2 6 too low 7 MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio by Sonaar 20K+ · 4.8★ (302) wp.org #8 ↑1 1 too low 8 The Plus Addons for Elementor – Mega Menu, Header Footer, Post Grid, AI Widgets & Templates 100K+ · 4.6★ (388) wp.org #14 ↓2 6 too low 9 Gwolle Guestbook 20K+ · 4.8★ (113) wp.org #16 ↓3 7 too low 10 Element Pack Addons for Elementor – MCP & AI-Ready Elementor Widgets, Elementor Templates, Elementor Addons 100K+ · 4.7★ (284) wp.org #19 ↓2 9 too low 11 Prime Slider – Hero Slider, Carousel, WooCommerce & Post Slider Elementor Addons 100K+ · 4.5★ (82) wp.org #13 ↓2 2 too low 12 F FeedWordPress 8K+ · 4.2★ (61) wp.org #7 5 too high 13 Gutenslider — Slider Block for the Block Editor 10K+ · 4.0★ (65) wp.org #10 3 too high 14 ELEX WooCommerce Google Shopping (Google Product Feed) 1K+ · 3.8★ (14) wp.org #6 ↓1 8 too high 15 AI Puffer – AI Chatbot & MCP Server for Claude and ChatGPT 10K+ · 4.6★ (166) wp.org #22 ↓2 7 too low 16 T4B News Ticker – Responsive News Scroller, Slider, and Animations 7K+ · 4.5★ (16) wp.org #9 ↓1 7 too high 17 Simply Static – The Static Site Generator 30K+ · 4.5★ (195) wp.org #24 ↓2 7 too low 18 Nelio Content – Editorial Calendar & Social Media Auto-Posting 3K+ · 4.4★ (104) wp.org #20 ↓2 2 too low 19 Feedliyo Lite – Social Feed & Product Feed & Review Feed 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 17 too high 20 Proxy Cache Purge 50K+ · 4.4★ (26) wp.org #17 ↓2 3 too high 21 bSlider – Build Sliders That Bring Your Content to Life 5K+ · 4.0★ (11) wp.org #15 ↓1 6 too high 22 FETCHUB – AI RSS Feed Aggregator & Translator 20+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #21 ↓2 1 too high 23 BlueBook Feed Sync 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓2 5 too high 24 News Ticker – Floating Headlines & Sticky Alerts 100+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #23 ↓2 1 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.