wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “twitter custom”
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 custom”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 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
Custom iFrame – Embed PDFs, Videos, and External Content in WordPress (Elementor & Gutenberg) shows at wp.org #11 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 4K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 5 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.
Buried gem
Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI places #7 on merit, 4.8★ from 27820 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.
Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget 100K+ · 4.8★ (401)
wp.org #1 2 
Product Addons for Woocommerce – Product Options with Custom Fields 30K+ · 4.9★ (474)
wp.org #5 3 too low 3 
TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy 600K+ · 5.0★ (4625)
wp.org #6 3 too low 4 
WP Twitter Auto Publish 3K+ · 4.9★ (206)
wp.org #4 5 
Skyboot Custom Icons for Elementor – Elementor Icons library – 14300+ Icons 200K+ · 5.0★ (22) thin reviews
wp.org #3 2 too high 6 
Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322)
wp.org #8 2 too low 7 Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27820)
wp.org #12 5 too low 8 
Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132)
wp.org #10 2 too low 9 
Admin Custom Login 10K+ · 4.6★ (388)
wp.org #9 10 
Autopost for X (formerly Autoshare for Twitter) 5K+ · 5.0★ (6) thin reviews
wp.org #2 8 too high 11 
All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231)
wp.org #14 3 too low 12 
Custom Login 10K+ · 3.6★ (97)
wp.org #7 5 too high 13 
RegistrationMagic – Custom Registration Forms, User Registration, Payment, and User Login 7K+ · 4.5★ (459)
wp.org #15 2 too low 14 
MetForm – Contact Form, Survey, Quiz, Conditional Forms, Form Templates & Custom Form Builder for Elementor 500K+ · 4.7★ (509)
wp.org #16 2 too low 15 
Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1667)
wp.org #17 2 too low 16 
TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation 400K+ · 4.7★ (1667)
wp.org #21 5 too low 17 
Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin 200K+ · 4.4★ (1445)
wp.org #22 5 too low 18 
Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile 200K+ · 4.7★ (262)
wp.org #18 19 
Advanced Custom Fields: Extended 100K+ · 4.8★ (132)
wp.org #19 20 
NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster 20K+ · 3.3★ (617)
wp.org #24 4 too low 21 
XPoster – Share to Bluesky and Mastodon 10K+ · 3.8★ (69)
wp.org #23 2 too low 22 
WP Custom Author URL 5K+ · 5.0★ (8) thin reviews
wp.org #13 9 too high 23 Custom iFrame – Embed PDFs, Videos, and External Content in WordPress (Elementor & Gutenberg) 4K+ · 5.0★ (5) thin reviews
wp.org #11 12 too high 24 
Customize Feeds for Twitter 4K+ · 4.2★ (18) thin reviews
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.