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

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 “rumble”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 1 of the top 17.

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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Advanced Responsive Video Embedder for Rumble, Odysee, YouTube, Vimeo, Kick … 20K+ · 4.2★ (169) wp.org #1 2 All-in-One Video Gallery – Video Player & Galleries for YouTube, Vimeo & Self-Hosted Videos 20K+ · 4.8★ (135) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Groups – Memberships and Access Control 10K+ · 4.8★ (382) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 WP Video Popup – WordPress Video Lightbox for YouTube, Rumble & Vimeo 8K+ · 4.1★ (43) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 Superb Addons: Blocks, Patterns, Pre-built Pages, Sliders, Popups, Free Forms, Animations & More 80K+ · 4.9★ (23) wp.org #5 6 Documentation – Build a Knowledge Base, Help Center or Wiki 100+ · 4.7★ (12) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 Superb Social Media Share Buttons and Follow Buttons 6K+ · 4.4★ (11) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Podcast Subscribe Buttons 4K+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #12 4 too low 9 MediaHaven – Video Gallery, HLS Player & WooCommerce Product Videos 30+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 Blocksolid Gather 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 1 too high 11 Dropndot Video Library — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 B Byte Sermons — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 1 too high 13 Shortcodes for Rumble 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 14 Technodrome AI Content Assistant — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 1 too low 15 Schemafy — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 1 too low 16 SimpleSocial 100+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 Rumble 200+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #17

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.