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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “social media aggregator”

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 “social media aggregator”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 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

WP Social Stream Designer shows at wp.org #11 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 30+ installs carry it up the search order; its 1.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher places #3 on merit, 4.8★ from 514 reviews, but shows at wp.org #7. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Tagembed: Social Media Feeds and Customer Reviews Widget 9K+ · 3.8★ (61) wp.org #1 2 Juicer.io: Effortlessly embed, curate, and aggregate social media feeds into your website 8K+ · 4.2★ (29) wp.org #2 3 WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher 10K+ · 4.8★ (514) wp.org #7 4 too low 4 Walls.io: Social Media Feed 1K+ · 3.8★ (6) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Curator.io 2K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #4 1 too high 6 EmbedSocial – Social Media Feeds, Reviews and Galleries 4K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #6 7 Flockler – Social Media Embeds for WordPress 500+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 Social Media Feeds, Google Reviews & Social Wall – CollectSocials — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 2 too low 9 Juicer.io: The Best Social Photo Feed – Posts, Reels, Stories and more 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 VMPlayer 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 2 too low 11 Mail Cloak 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 2 too low 12 SocialEyes — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 2 too low 13 B Bebop 10+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #19 6 too low 14 Review Deck 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 1 too low 15 DirectRelay – n8n Workflow Automation Plugin (REST API & Webhooks) — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 1 too low 16 Auto Robot – WP Autoblogging and RSS Feed News Aggregator 40+ · 1.8★ (10) wp.org #9 7 too high 17 D Dell Cloud Connect — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 5 too low 18 D Dell Virtualization Connect — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 5 too low 19 SocialMediaStream: Show all your social media network posts in one social media stream. 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 1 too high 20 Posteria : Web to WordPress to Social Media Content Suite 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 3 too high 21 D Dell EDU Connect 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 22 WP Social Stream Designer 30+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #11 11 too high 23 S Social Media Aggregator 10+ · 1.5★ (2) wp.org #20 3 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.