wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “twitter status”
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 status”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 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
BestWebSoft's Twitter shows at wp.org #10 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 900+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.6★ average from 16 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.
Buried gem
Website Builder by SeedProd — Theme Builder, Landing Page Builder, Coming Soon Page, Maintenance Mode places #5 on merit, 4.9★ from 4699 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.
WP Twitter Auto Publish 3K+ · 4.9★ (206)
wp.org #1 2 
Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27820)
wp.org #4 ↑2 2 too low 3 
All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231)
wp.org #5 ↓1 2 too low 4 
Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132)
wp.org #8 4 too low 5 Website Builder by SeedProd — Theme Builder, Landing Page Builder, Coming Soon Page, Maintenance Mode 600K+ · 4.9★ (4699)
wp.org #12 ↑5 7 too low 6 
Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1667)
wp.org #9 ↑5 3 too low 7 
StreamWeasels Online Status Bar 400+ · 4.2★ (11) thin reviews
wp.org #2 5 too high 8 
Ultimate Member – User Profile, Registration, Login, Member Directory, Content Restriction & Membership Plugin 200K+ · 4.4★ (1445)
wp.org #13 ↓1 5 too low 9 
User Profile Builder – Beautiful User Registration Forms, User Profiles & User Role Editor 40K+ · 4.7★ (738)
wp.org #14 ↓1 5 too low 10 
User Registration & Membership – Free & Paid Memberships, Subscriptions, Content Restriction, User Profile, Custom User Registration & Login Builder 50K+ · 4.8★ (832)
wp.org #16 ↑2 6 too low 11 
XPoster – Share to Bluesky and Mastodon 10K+ · 3.8★ (69)
wp.org #7 4 too high 12 
Discontinued Product Stock Status for WooCommerce 500+ · 4.4★ (10) thin reviews
wp.org #3 9 too high 13 
Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680)
wp.org #18 ↑6 5 too low 14 
OG — Better Share on Social Media 20K+ · 4.8★ (216)
wp.org #15 1 too low 15 
ElementsKit Elementor Addons – Advanced Widgets & Templates Addons for Elementor 1M+ · 4.9★ (2052)
wp.org #17 ↑6 2 too low 16 
Under Construction 600K+ · 4.8★ (1285)
wp.org #20 4 too low 17 
Customize Feeds for Twitter 4K+ · 4.2★ (18) thin reviews
wp.org #6 ↓1 11 too high 18 
Super Page Cache – Cloudflare Cache, Page Speed & Core Web Vitals 70K+ · 4.8★ (518)
wp.org #21 3 too low 19 
PublishPress Planner – Editorial Calendar, Marketing Content, Kanban Board 6K+ · 4.9★ (178)
wp.org #23 4 too low 20 
Enable Abilities for MCP 5K+ · 5.0★ (17) thin reviews
wp.org #11 ↓1 9 too high 21 
Social Media Auto Poster – Schedule & Publish to Buffer 7K+ · 4.5★ (125)
wp.org #19 ↓3 2 too high 22 BestWebSoft's Twitter 900+ · 4.6★ (16) thin reviews
wp.org #10 ↓1 12 too high 23 
SEO SIMPLE PACK 100K+ · 4.6★ (14) thin reviews
wp.org #24 ↓3 1 too low 24 
Royal MCP – Secure AI Connector for Claude, ChatGPT & any LLM via MCP 10K+ · 5.0★ (7) thin reviews
wp.org #22 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.