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

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 “twitch”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 of the top 20. 4 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

Online Indicator For Twitch shows at wp.org #3 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 14 places. Its 100+ 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

Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons places #4 on merit, 4.8★ from 5333 reviews, but shows at wp.org #12. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 EmbedPress 100K+ · 4.8★ (307) wp.org #2 ↑1 1 too low 2 StreamWeasels Twitch Integration 1K+ · 4.8★ (23) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 Loginizer 1M+ · 4.8★ (1033) wp.org #4 ↑1 1 too low 4 Social Media Share Buttons & Social Sharing Icons 100K+ · 4.8★ (5333) wp.org #12 ↓3 8 too low 5 Robo Gallery – Photo & Image Slider 40K+ · 4.3★ (406) wp.org #7 ↑10 2 too low 6 Nextend Social Login and Register 200K+ · 4.9★ (446) wp.org #9 ↓1 3 too low 7 Hustle – Email Marketing, Lead Generation, Optins, Popups 80K+ · 4.4★ (859) wp.org #10 ↑8 3 too low 8 Metricool – Social media and site statistics 90K+ · 4.4★ (23) wp.org #5 ↑2 3 too high 9 Hubbub Lite – Fast, free social sharing and follow buttons 30K+ · 4.7★ (173) wp.org #11 ↓1 2 too low 10 Gallery by Visual Portfolio 60K+ · 4.8★ (340) wp.org #13 ↓2 3 too low 11 GTM4WP – A Google Tag Manager (GTM) plugin for WordPress 700K+ · 4.5★ (155) wp.org #8 ↓2 3 too high 12 Envira Gallery – Image Photo Gallery, Albums, Video Gallery, Slideshows & More 100K+ · 4.7★ (1597) wp.org #18 ↓5 6 too low 13 AI-Powered Carousel, Slider, Video & Photo Gallery Blocks by WP Carousel 60K+ · 4.7★ (434) wp.org #19 ↓7 6 too low 14 Advanced Responsive Video Embedder for Rumble, Odysee, YouTube, Vimeo, Kick … 20K+ · 4.2★ (169) wp.org #21 7 too low 15 StreamWeasels Online Status Bar 400+ · 4.2★ (11) wp.org #6 ↓2 9 too high 16 Social Login, Social Sharing by miniOrange 10K+ · 4.6★ (356) wp.org #22 6 too low 17 Online Indicator For Twitch 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #3 ↓1 14 too high 18 Fuse Social Icons 10K+ · 4.6★ (58) wp.org #15 ↑1 3 too high 19 Photo Gallery – Image, Video & Portfolio 1K+ · 4.8★ (13) wp.org #14 ↑5 5 too high 20 Login Widget With Shortcode 5K+ · 3.8★ (29) wp.org #16 ↓1 4 too high 21 Embedly 2K+ · 3.5★ (20) wp.org #23 2 too low 22 Social Divi 1K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #17 ↓3 5 too high 23 Socicon 200+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 All Embed – Multi-Source Embed Widgets for Elementor 500+ · 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.