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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “screen share”

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 “screen share”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 of the top 20. 5 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

Easy Share Solution For WordPress shows at wp.org #4 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 17 places. Its 900+ 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

Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder places #8 on merit, 4.8★ from 2144 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Simple Share Buttons Adder 40K+ · 4.3★ (627) wp.org #1 2 Social Sharing Plugin – Sassy Social Share 100K+ · 4.8★ (523) wp.org #7 5 too low 3 Share Buttons & AI-powered Summaries 1K+ · 5.0★ (16) wp.org #3 4 Highlight and Share – Unobtrusive and Lightweight Content Sharing 700+ · 4.9★ (29) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 ShareThis Share Buttons 10K+ · 3.5★ (26) wp.org #2 3 too high 6 Simple Social Media Share Buttons – Social Sharing for Everyone 20K+ · 4.8★ (194) wp.org #8 2 too low 7 OG — Better Share on Social Media 20K+ · 4.8★ (216) wp.org #14 7 too low 8 Forminator Forms – Contact Form, Payment Form & Custom Form Builder 600K+ · 4.8★ (2144) wp.org #21 ↓1 13 too low 9 Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics 3M+ · 3.7★ (2408) wp.org #13 4 too low 10 WPZOOM Connect: Social Icons Widget & Block, Share Buttons & Click to Chat 90K+ · 4.9★ (144) wp.org #16 ↑1 6 too low 11 Add to Home Screen & Progressive Web App 1K+ · 3.7★ (25) wp.org #6 5 too high 12 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #19 ↓4 7 too low 13 Polylang 900K+ · 4.7★ (3004) wp.org #24 ↓1 11 too low 14 WP Socializer – Simple & Easy Social Media Share Icons 10K+ · 4.5★ (128) wp.org #17 ↑1 3 too low 15 SchedulePress – Auto Post & Publish, Auto Social Share, Schedule Posts with Editorial Calendar & Missed Schedule Post Publisher 10K+ · 4.6★ (201) wp.org #20 ↓1 5 too low 16 Code Snippets 1M+ · 4.7★ (510) wp.org #15 ↓6 1 too high 17 Nobs • Share Buttons 3K+ · 4.7★ (93) wp.org #23 ↓1 6 too low 18 Share on Mastodon 1K+ · 4.8★ (10) wp.org #11 ↑1 7 too high 19 Share a Draft 3K+ · 3.7★ (11) wp.org #12 ↑2 7 too high 20 WooCommerce PayPal Payments 800K+ · 2.9★ (583) wp.org #18 ↓2 2 too high 21 Easy Share Solution For WordPress 900+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 17 too high 22 WPC Share Cart for WooCommerce 1K+ · 3.2★ (11) wp.org #9 ↑1 13 too high 23 Good old Share 60+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too high 24 Share Cart for WooCommerce 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #10 ↑1 14 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.