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

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 “twitter”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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

Ultimate Twitter Feeds shows at wp.org #4 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 19 places. Its 300+ 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

TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation places #7 on merit, 4.7★ from 1657 reviews, but shows at wp.org #13. 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 WP Twitter Auto Publish 3K+ · 4.9★ (206) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy 600K+ · 5.0★ (4626) wp.org #7 ↑1 4 too low 4 Autopost for X (formerly Autoshare for Twitter) 5K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #2 2 too high 5 All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5209) wp.org #8 ↑1 3 too low 6 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4121) wp.org #9 ↓2 3 too low 7 TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation 400K+ · 4.7★ (1657) wp.org #13 ↑1 6 too low 8 Nextend Social Login and Register 200K+ · 4.9★ (446) wp.org #14 ↑1 6 too low 9 Social Preview and Open Graph Tags 50K+ · 4.6★ (122) wp.org #11 ↓1 2 too low 10 Widgets for Google Reviews 1M+ · 4.9★ (2641) wp.org #16 ↑2 6 too low 11 Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1658) wp.org #15 ↑1 4 too low 12 Better Click To Share – Shareable Quote Boxes for X (Twitter) 6K+ · 4.8★ (48) wp.org #10 ↑1 2 too high 13 Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile 200K+ · 4.7★ (257) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 Customize Feeds for Twitter 4K+ · 4.2★ (18) wp.org #6 8 too high 15 Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin 200K+ · 4.4★ (1445) wp.org #22 ↑2 7 too low 16 Spectra Legacy – Gutenberg Blocks 1M+ · 4.7★ (1870) wp.org #17 ↓4 1 too low 17 Smart Slider 3 800K+ · 4.9★ (1124) wp.org #24 7 too low 18 Easy Feeds for X/Twitter – keep your site fresh with live social posts 2K+ · 3.9★ (11) wp.org #5 13 too high 19 SVG Support 1M+ · 4.8★ (356) wp.org #21 ↓4 2 too low 20 NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster 20K+ · 3.3★ (617) wp.org #18 ↑2 2 too high 21 Metricool – Social media and site statistics 80K+ · 4.5★ (21) wp.org #20 ↑1 1 too high 22 BestWebSoft's Twitter 900+ · 4.6★ (16) wp.org #19 3 too high 23 Ultimate Twitter Feeds 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 19 too high 24 Add Twitter Pixel for Twitter ads 100+ · 2.0★ (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.