wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “twitter api”
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 api”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 of the top 20. 3 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 #7 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 17 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
Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin places #9 on merit, 4.4★ from 1445 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.
Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget 100K+ · 4.8★ (401)
wp.org #2 1 too low 2 
Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27821)
wp.org #5 3 too low 3 
WP Twitter Auto Publish 3K+ · 4.9★ (206)
wp.org #4 1 too low 4 
Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1668)
wp.org #6 ↑4 2 too low 5 
TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation 400K+ · 4.7★ (1667)
wp.org #8 ↓2 3 too low 6 
Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) not PHP-currentheavy footprint
wp.org #10 ↑2 4 too low 7 
Autopost for X (formerly Autoshare for Twitter) 5K+ · 5.0★ (6) thin reviews
wp.org #3 4 too high 8 
All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) not PHP-currentheavy footprint
wp.org #13 ↑1 5 too low 9 Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin 200K+ · 4.4★ (1445)
wp.org #18 9 too low 10 
Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) not PHP-current
wp.org #15 5 too low 11 
Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile 200K+ · 4.7★ (262) not PHP-current
wp.org #12 ↓3 1 too low 12 
Super Page Cache – Cloudflare Cache, Page Speed & Core Web Vitals 70K+ · 4.8★ (517)
wp.org #21 ↑1 9 too low 13 
WP Consent API 200K+ · 5.0★ (2) host-installed base thin reviews
wp.org #1 12 too high 14 
Element Pack Addons for Elementor – MCP & AI-Ready Elementor Widgets, Elementor Templates, Elementor Addons 100K+ · 4.7★ (284)
wp.org #19 ↑1 5 too low 15 
SVG Support 1M+ · 4.8★ (356)
wp.org #17 ↓1 2 too low 16 
NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster 20K+ · 3.3★ (617) throws errorsnot PHP-current
wp.org #11 5 too high 17 
Social Preview and Open Graph Tags 50K+ · 4.6★ (122)
wp.org #24 ↓1 7 too low 18 
XPoster – Share to Bluesky and Mastodon 10K+ · 3.8★ (69)
wp.org #16 ↑1 2 too high 19 
Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress 200K+ · 4.6★ (1205) throws errorsnot PHP-current
wp.org #23 ↑1 4 too low 20 
CoCart – Headless REST API for WooCommerce 900+ · 4.9★ (21) throws errorsnot PHP-current thin reviews
wp.org #9 ↓1 11 too high 21 
Social Media Auto Poster – Schedule & Publish to Buffer 7K+ · 4.5★ (125)
wp.org #22 ↓3 1 too low 22 
Better Click To Share – Shareable Quote Boxes for X (Twitter) 6K+ · 4.8★ (48)
wp.org #20 ↑1 2 too high 23 
Customize Feeds for Twitter 4K+ · 4.2★ (18) thin reviews
wp.org #14 ↓1 9 too high 24 Ultimate Twitter Feeds 300+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews
wp.org #7 17 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.