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

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 posts”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 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

Easy Feeds for X/Twitter – keep your site fresh with live social posts shows at wp.org #8 but places #18 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.9★ average from 11 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy places #5 on merit, 5.0★ from 4625 reviews, but shows at wp.org #9. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Post Types Order 600K+ · 4.5★ (296) wp.org #1 2 Custom Twitter Feeds – A Tweets Widget or X Feed Widget 100K+ · 4.8★ (401) wp.org #2 3 WP Twitter Auto Publish 3K+ · 4.9★ (206) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 SchedulePress – Auto Post & Publish, Auto Social Share, Schedule Posts with Editorial Calendar & Missed Schedule Post Publisher 10K+ · 4.6★ (201) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 TablePress – Tables in WordPress made easy 600K+ · 5.0★ (4625) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132) wp.org #6 7 Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27821) wp.org #11 4 too low 8 Inline Related Posts 100K+ · 4.3★ (77) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler 40K+ · 4.5★ (2107) wp.org #12 ↑1 3 too low 10 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) wp.org #10 11 Autopost for X (formerly Autoshare for Twitter) 5K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #3 8 too high 12 All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) wp.org #13 ↓1 1 too low 13 Spectra Legacy – Gutenberg Blocks 1M+ · 4.7★ (1872) wp.org #16 3 too low 14 Ultimate Post Kit – Elementor Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider & Blog Layout Widgets 30K+ · 4.8★ (58) wp.org #14 15 Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #21 6 too low 16 Smart Slider 3 800K+ · 4.9★ (1125) wp.org #24 8 too low 17 WP Review Slider 6K+ · 4.8★ (181) wp.org #18 1 too low 18 Easy Feeds for X/Twitter – keep your site fresh with live social posts 1K+ · 3.9★ (11) wp.org #8 10 too high 19 XPoster – Share to Bluesky and Mastodon 10K+ · 3.8★ (69) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 Better Click To Share – Shareable Quote Boxes for X (Twitter) 6K+ · 4.8★ (48) wp.org #23 3 too low 21 NextScripts: Social Networks Auto-Poster 20K+ · 3.3★ (617) wp.org #19 2 too high 22 Customize Feeds for Twitter 4K+ · 4.2★ (18) wp.org #17 5 too high 23 Republish Old Posts 2K+ · 4.3★ (12) wp.org #15 8 too high 24 Most And Least Read Posts Widget 900+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #22 ↓1 2 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.