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

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 “tweets”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 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

Static Posts for Twitter – Embed x.com Tweets without an iframe shows at wp.org #2 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 100+ 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 Share Icons & Social Share Buttons places #12 on merit, 4.9★ from 1911 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget 100K+ · 4.8★ (401) wp.org #1 2 Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons 100K+ · 4.8★ (5333) wp.org #6 ↓4 4 too low 3 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #5 ↑1 2 too low 4 Disable Gutenberg 500K+ · 5.0★ (735) wp.org #7 3 too low 5 Website Builder by SeedProd — Theme Builder, Landing Page Builder, Coming Soon Page, Maintenance Mode 600K+ · 4.9★ (4699) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 Customize Feeds for Twitter 4K+ · 4.2★ (18) wp.org #3 3 too high 7 Ultimate Blocks – 25+ Gutenberg Blocks for Block Editor 50K+ · 4.9★ (729) wp.org #10 ↑1 3 too low 8 Social Snap — Social Share Buttons & Click to Tweet 10K+ · 4.2★ (58) wp.org #4 4 too high 9 WP Socializer – Simple & Easy Social Media Share Icons 10K+ · 4.5★ (128) wp.org #12 ↑3 3 too low 10 BBQ Firewall – Fast & Powerful Firewall Security 100K+ · 4.9★ (160) wp.org #15 ↑1 5 too low 11 GA Google Analytics – Connect Google Analytics to WordPress 400K+ · 4.9★ (158) wp.org #14 ↓1 3 too low 12 Social Share Icons & Social Share Buttons 10K+ · 4.9★ (1911) wp.org #21 ↓1 9 too low 13 Disable Media Sizes 10K+ · 5.0★ (23) wp.org #13 ↑1 14 Click To Tweet 2K+ · 4.0★ (14) wp.org #8 6 too high 15 Disable WP REST API 30K+ · 4.8★ (36) wp.org #20 5 too low 16 Better Click To Share – Shareable Quote Boxes for X (Twitter) 6K+ · 4.8★ (48) wp.org #22 ↓1 6 too low 17 Inline Tweet Sharer – Twitter Sharing Plugin 300+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #11 ↓1 6 too high 18 Static Posts for Twitter – Embed x.com Tweets without an iframe 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #2 ↑3 16 too high 19 Disable WP Sitemaps 10K+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #18 1 too high 20 Disable Lazy Load 9K+ · 4.5★ (23) wp.org #24 ↓2 4 too low 21 Notification Bar, Announcement and Cookie Notice WordPress Plugin – FooBar 3K+ · 4.8★ (10) wp.org #19 2 too high 22 Easy Feeds for X/Twitter – keep your site fresh with live social posts 1K+ · 3.9★ (11) wp.org #16 ↓4 6 too high 23 Embed Optimizer 50K+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #17 6 too high 24 Ultimate Twitter Feeds 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 ↑1 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.