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

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 “transcoding”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 7 of the top 20. 2 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

Muvi Media Connect shows at wp.org #16 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 6 places. Its 10+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Vimeography: Vimeo Video Gallery WordPress Plugin places #6 on merit, 4.5★ from 122 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Cloudinary – Deliver Images and Videos at Scale 5K+ · 4.0★ (64) wp.org #1 2 Publitio Offloading 100+ · 5.0★ (34) wp.org #2 ↓1 3 rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress 7K+ · 3.7★ (152) wp.org #3 ↑2 4 Cincopa video and media plug-in 1K+ · 2.8★ (26) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Publitio 400+ · 5.0★ (41) wp.org #18 13 too low 6 Vimeography: Vimeo Video Gallery WordPress Plugin 5K+ · 4.5★ (122) wp.org #19 13 too low 7 Paid Videochat Turnkey Site – HTML5 PPV Live Webcams 10+ · 4.2★ (22) wp.org #9 2 too low 8 Transcoder 400+ · 3.6★ (8) wp.org #6 2 too high 9 GoDAM – Video Hosting for LMS & Online Courses 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #4 ↓1 5 too high 10 Broadcast Live Video – Live Streaming : WebRTC, HLS, RTSP, RTMP 400+ · 2.7★ (14) wp.org #7 3 too high 11 Fleet Agent Site Manager – Securely Connects Your Sites to a WPMgr Dashboard 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 3 too high 12 iReplay TV Channel and Radio Station — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 2 too high 13 MATUQO Media Importer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 SmallPict – Next-Gen Image Optimization, Cloud Storage Offload & Global Edge CDN — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 2 too high 15 Arashtad 3D Annotation — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 2 too high 16 Timetable — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 VideoFlowEngine HLS Streaming — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 2 too high 18 Voffload for Cloudflare Stream — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 1 too high 19 W Wahab133 Media Maintainer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 2 too low 20 Atelier Visual Reviews – Photo & Video Product Reviews for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 2 too low 21 VidCellar Lite — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 2 too low 22 Muvi Media Connect 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 6 too high 23 A Axismundi Media Library — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 I-PR AVIF Converter – Automatic Image Optimization 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 4 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.