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

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 “sync media”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 of the top 20. 3 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

MyWorks Sync for WooCommerce & Xero shows at wp.org #12 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) places #12 on merit, 5.0★ from 423 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Media Sync 50K+ · 4.7★ (86) wp.org #1 2 Media Library Assistant 70K+ · 4.8★ (202) wp.org #2 3 Media File Renamer: Rename Images & Files for SEO (AI-Powered) 40K+ · 4.6★ (447) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Real Media Library: Media Library Folder & File Manager 100K+ · 4.8★ (297) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 FileBird – WordPress Media Library Folders & File Manager 200K+ · 4.7★ (1125) wp.org #9 ↑3 4 too low 6 Media Library Folders 10K+ · 4.3★ (465) wp.org #8 ↓1 2 too low 7 Media Cloud Sync 1K+ · 4.9★ (13) wp.org #3 4 too high 8 BackWPup – WordPress Backup & Restore Plugin 400K+ · 4.0★ (1323) wp.org #6 ↑2 2 too high 9 WP STAGING – Backups & Restore, Migration & Clone Plugin – Cloud Backups, Scheduled Backups 100K+ · 4.8★ (2470) wp.org #13 4 too low 10 Photo Engine (Media Organizer & Lightroom) 2K+ · 4.9★ (210) wp.org #10 ↓1 11 Advanced Media Offloader – Offload Media to Amazon S3, Cloudflare R2, DigitalOcean Spaces & More 7K+ · 4.7★ (48) wp.org #7 ↓1 4 too high 12 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #17 ↓1 5 too low 13 Offload Media – Cloud Storage 1K+ · 4.4★ (18) wp.org #11 ↓1 2 too high 14 MyWorks Sync for WooCommerce & QuickBooks Online 5K+ · 4.7★ (75) wp.org #15 1 too low 15 Bulk Product Sync – Bulk Product Editor for WooCommerce with Google Sheets™ 300+ · 4.2★ (27) wp.org #19 4 too low 16 Tagembed: Social Media Feeds and Customer Reviews Widget 9K+ · 3.9★ (62) wp.org #24 8 too low 17 rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress 7K+ · 3.7★ (152) wp.org #21 ↑1 4 too low 18 WP Multisite User Sync/Unsync 600+ · 4.2★ (18) wp.org #18 19 Post Export Import with Media 1K+ · 4.5★ (8) wp.org #14 5 too high 20 Media Library File Download 1K+ · 4.3★ (7) wp.org #16 ↑1 4 too high 21 MIPL Multistore Sync for WooCommerce. Sync Products, Stock and Orders. 200+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 MyWorks Sync for WooCommerce & Xero 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 ↓1 10 too high 23 File Media Renamer for SEO 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #22 ↑1 1 too high 24 Downloadyar Remote Media 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #23 1 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.