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

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 link”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 16 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

Comment Link Remove and Other Comment Tools shows at wp.org #5 but places #16 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 8K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.1★ average from 15 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button – Chaty places #10 on merit, 5.0★ from 1244 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. 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 #2 1 too low 2 Broken Link Checker 500K+ · 3.8★ (605) wp.org #1 1 too high 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 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322) wp.org #8 3 too low 6 All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) wp.org #9 3 too low 7 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #10 ↑1 3 too low 8 TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation 400K+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #14 6 too low 9 Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #13 ↑7 4 too low 10 Floating Chat Widget: Contact Chat Icons, Telegram Chat, Line Messenger, WeChat, Email, SMS, Call Button – Chaty 300K+ · 5.0★ (1244) wp.org #17 ↑1 7 too low 11 Autopost for X (formerly Autoshare for Twitter) 5K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #3 8 too high 12 Broken Link Notifier 1K+ · 4.8★ (14) wp.org #7 5 too high 13 Easy Social Feed – All In One Social Feed Plugin for WordPress 30K+ · 4.6★ (502) wp.org #23 10 too low 14 Social Preview and Open Graph Tags 50K+ · 4.6★ (122) wp.org #18 ↓1 4 too low 15 XPoster – Share to Bluesky and Mastodon 10K+ · 3.8★ (69) wp.org #12 ↑1 3 too high 16 Comment Link Remove and Other Comment Tools 8K+ · 4.1★ (15) wp.org #5 11 too high 17 Better Click To Share – Shareable Quote Boxes for X (Twitter) 6K+ · 4.8★ (48) wp.org #16 1 too high 18 Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile 200K+ · 4.7★ (262) wp.org #22 4 too low 19 Customize Feeds for Twitter 4K+ · 4.2★ (18) wp.org #11 ↑1 8 too high 20 NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster 20K+ · 3.3★ (617) wp.org #15 5 too high 21 Search & Replace Everything – Quick and Easy Way to Find and Replace Text, Links 20K+ · 4.7★ (26) wp.org #24 3 too low 22 Link in Bio Creator – Social 2K+ · 4.3★ (21) wp.org #19 3 too high 23 BestWebSoft's Twitter 900+ · 4.6★ (16) wp.org #21 ↑2 2 too high 24 Add Twitter Pixel for Twitter ads 100+ · 2.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↑4 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.