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

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 “stream”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 of the top 20. 6 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

Media Stream (Bunny Stream Video Offload) shows at wp.org #3 but places #14 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.3★ average from 4 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

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Buried gem

Page Links To places #11 on merit, 4.9★ from 157 reviews, but shows at wp.org #24. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Stream – Activity Log & Audit Trail 70K+ · 4.3★ (76) wp.org #1 2 Flow-Flow Social Streams 7K+ · 3.3★ (100) wp.org #2 3 WpStream – Live Streaming, Video on Demand, Pay Per View 3K+ · 4.8★ (78) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 FluentSMTP – WP Mail SMTP Plugin with Amazon SES, SendGrid, Mailgun, Postmark, Cloudflare, toSend, Gmail and Any SMTP 700K+ · 4.8★ (410) wp.org #8 ↑6 4 too low 5 Embed Plus for YouTube Gallery, Livestream and Lazy Loading with Facades 100K+ · 4.6★ (572) wp.org #11 ↑2 6 too low 6 StreamWeasels Twitch Integration 1K+ · 4.8★ (23) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 Events Manager – Calendar, Bookings, Tickets, Appointments and more! 60K+ · 4.2★ (551) wp.org #13 ↓1 6 too low 8 GTM4WP – A Google Tag Manager (GTM) plugin for WordPress 700K+ · 4.5★ (155) wp.org #12 ↑3 4 too low 9 EmbedPress 100K+ · 4.8★ (307) wp.org #17 ↑2 8 too low 10 ARI Stream Quiz – WordPress Quizzes Builder 1K+ · 4.9★ (23) wp.org #10 ↓4 11 P Page Links To 100K+ · 4.9★ (157) wp.org #24 ↓1 13 too low 12 HTML5 Audio Player – The Ultimate No-Code Podcast, MP3 & Audio Player 10K+ · 4.6★ (169) wp.org #19 ↓10 7 too low 13 StreamWeasels YouTube Integration 1K+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #7 ↑1 6 too high 14 Media Stream (Bunny Stream Video Offload) 100+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #3 11 too high 15 StreamCast – bring live radio to your site with a sleek player 1K+ · 4.9★ (7) wp.org #6 ↑1 9 too high 16 Automatic YouTube Gallery – Embed Auto-Updating YouTube Video Galleries, Feeds, Playlists & Channels 9K+ · 4.8★ (31) wp.org #21 5 too low 17 MainWP Child Reports 100K+ · 4.3★ (6) wp.org #9 ↑1 8 too high 18 Yandex Metrica 20K+ · 3.8★ (33) wp.org #20 2 too low 19 StreamWeasels Online Status Bar 400+ · 4.2★ (11) wp.org #16 3 too high 20 Simply Disable Comments 8K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #15 ↑2 5 too high 21 Movie Engine – OTT Streaming Platform for Movies & TV Series 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #22 1 too low 22 Curator.io 2K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #23 ↓1 1 too low 23 WP Global Site Tag 7K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #18 5 too high 24 R Review Stream 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↓3 10 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.