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

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 list”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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 #6 but places #23 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

Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI places #5 on merit, 4.8★ from 27821 reviews, but shows at wp.org #11. 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 TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy 600K+ · 5.0★ (4625) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 WP Twitter Auto Publish 3K+ · 4.9★ (206) wp.org #3 ↓1 4 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #4 ↑1 5 Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27821) wp.org #11 ↑7 6 too low 6 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322) wp.org #7 ↑1 1 too low 7 Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin 200K+ · 4.4★ (1445) wp.org #13 6 too low 8 Spectra Legacy – Gutenberg Blocks 1M+ · 4.7★ (1872) wp.org #10 2 too low 9 Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #12 ↑7 3 too low 10 Contact List – Online Staff Directory & Address Book 1K+ · 4.8★ (19) wp.org #5 ↓1 5 too high 11 ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2051) wp.org #14 ↓2 3 too low 12 12 Step Meeting List 900+ · 5.0★ (28) wp.org #8 ↑1 4 too high 13 Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680) wp.org #21 8 too low 14 All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) wp.org #15 ↓4 1 too low 15 Smart Slider 3 800K+ · 4.9★ (1125) wp.org #24 9 too low 16 Newsletter – Send awesome emails from WordPress 200K+ · 4.6★ (1205) wp.org #18 2 too low 17 Wishlist for WooCommerce: Multiple Wishlists per Customer 2K+ · 4.9★ (53) wp.org #17 ↓2 18 Simple CAPTCHA with Cloudflare Turnstile 200K+ · 4.7★ (262) wp.org #23 ↓1 5 too low 19 Better Click To Share – Shareable Quote Boxes for X (Twitter) 6K+ · 4.8★ (48) wp.org #22 ↓2 3 too low 20 NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster 20K+ · 3.3★ (617) wp.org #16 4 too high 21 Easy Feeds for X/Twitter – keep your site fresh with live social posts 1K+ · 3.9★ (11) wp.org #9 ↓2 12 too high 22 Category and Subcategory List Widget 600+ · 4.5★ (4) wp.org #20 ↓3 2 too high 23 Ultimate Twitter Feeds 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 17 too high 24 Block List Updater 2K+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #19 ↓5 5 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.