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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “spotify widget”

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 “spotify widget”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 of the top 20.

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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

All Embed – Multi-Source Embed Widgets for Elementor shows at wp.org #7 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 14 places. Its 500+ 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

Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons places #12 on merit, 4.8★ from 5333 reviews, but shows at wp.org #23. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WPZOOM Connect: Social Icons Widget & Block, Share Buttons & Click to Chat 90K+ · 4.9★ (144) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 EmbedPress 100K+ · 4.8★ (307) wp.org #3 ↑1 1 too low 3 Nextend Social Login and Register 200K+ · 4.9★ (447) wp.org #4 ↑1 1 too low 4 Seriously Simple Podcasting 20K+ · 4.7★ (330) wp.org #5 ↓2 1 too low 5 All-in-one Sticky Floating Contact Form, Call, Click to Chat, and 50+ Social Icon Tabs – My Sticky Elements 40K+ · 4.9★ (542) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Liza Widget For Spotify and Elementor 1K+ · 4.0★ (8) wp.org #1 5 too high 7 Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons 10K+ · 4.9★ (1911) wp.org #9 ↑1 2 too low 8 PowerPress Podcasting plugin by Blubrry 20K+ · 4.6★ (231) wp.org #8 9 Better Messages – Chat Rooms, Group Chat, Private Messages & AI Chat Bots 10K+ · 4.8★ (142) wp.org #10 ↓1 1 too low 10 AI-Powered Carousel, Slider, Video & Photo Gallery Blocks by WP Carousel 60K+ · 4.7★ (434) wp.org #14 4 too low 11 Hubbub Lite – Fast, free social sharing and follow buttons 30K+ · 4.7★ (173) wp.org #12 1 too low 12 Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons 100K+ · 4.8★ (5333) wp.org #23 ↓10 11 too low 13 HTML5 Audio Player – The Ultimate No-Code Podcast, MP3 & Audio Player 10K+ · 4.6★ (169) wp.org #13 ↑2 14 Fuse Social Icons 10K+ · 4.6★ (58) wp.org #11 3 too high 15 MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio by Sonaar 20K+ · 4.8★ (302) wp.org #19 4 too low 16 Music Player for Elementor – Audio Player & Podcast Player 10K+ · 4.7★ (123) wp.org #16 17 Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 60K+ · 4.6★ (264) wp.org #22 5 too low 18 Cookie Choices (for EU Cookie Law & GDPR) 9K+ · 4.5★ (35) wp.org #18 19 Custom iFrame – Embed PDFs, Videos, and External Content in WordPress (Elementor & Gutenberg) 4K+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #15 ↓1 4 too high 20 Musician’s Pack for Elementor – Music Website Widgets & Templates 400+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #24 ↓3 4 too low 21 All Embed – Multi-Source Embed Widgets for Elementor 500+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #7 14 too high 22 Sp*tify Play Button for WordPress 2K+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #21 ↓3 1 too high 23 Search for Spotify 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 3 too high 24 Music Smartlink Maker & Concerts 50+ · 3.0★ (1) wp.org #17 7 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.