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

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 “tv”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 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

Device Detector shows at wp.org #14 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 500+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio by Sonaar places #7 on merit, 4.8★ from 302 reviews, but shows at wp.org #18. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Front End PM 4K+ · 4.8★ (220) wp.org #4 3 too low 2 Movie Engine – OTT Streaming Platform for Movies & TV Series 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Ecwid by Lightspeed Ecommerce Shopping Cart 20K+ · 4.5★ (228) wp.org #6 ↓1 3 too low 4 Ads.txt Manager 100K+ · 4.7★ (15) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 MediaBlaster – Video CMS, Vimeo Import, Live TV & Podcasts 200+ · 3.9★ (14) wp.org #2 3 too high 6 Qi Addons For Elementor 200K+ · 4.8★ (205) wp.org #13 ↑1 7 too low 7 MP3 Audio Player – Music Player, Podcast Player & Radio by Sonaar 20K+ · 4.8★ (302) wp.org #18 11 too low 8 RepairBuddy – Repair Shop CRM & Booking Plugin for WordPress 400+ · 4.9★ (24) wp.org #8 ↓1 9 Milo Subscriptions – Subscriptions for WooCommerce and Recurring Payments 200+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #7 ↓1 2 too high 10 GeeK! – Movie & Game Database 70+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #9 ↓1 1 too high 11 WPScreens 300+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #15 ↓3 4 too low 12 Video Player Block – play videos beautifully on any device 2K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #16 4 too low 13 MAS Videos 1K+ · 3.0★ (7) wp.org #5 8 too high 14 Jock On Air Now (JOAN) 400+ · 3.8★ (9) wp.org #17 ↓2 3 too low 15 Verge3D Publishing and E-Commerce 400+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #12 ↓1 3 too high 16 Daisycon prijsvergelijkers 400+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #10 6 too high 17 SUBRE – Product Subscription for WooCommerce – Recurring Payments 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #20 ↓1 3 too low 18 iTunes Link Engine 100+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #23 ↓1 5 too low 19 Screenly Cast 60+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↓2 8 too high 20 Silverstream TV Video Embed 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 2 too low 21 JustWatch – Partner Integrations 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1 3 too low 22 H Hello Bruce Campbell 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #19 ↓2 3 too high 23 Traktivity 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↓1 2 too high 24 Device Detector 500+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #14 ↓1 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.