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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “video rss”

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 “video rss”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 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

RSS Retriever Lite shows at wp.org #8 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 200+ 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

SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO places #12 on merit, 4.8★ from 1267 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 WP RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, Feed to Post, Autoblogging, AI Content 40K+ · 4.5★ (565) wp.org #1 2 RSS Aggregator by Feedzy – Feed to Post, Autoblogging, News & YouTube Video Feeds Aggregator 40K+ · 4.6★ (361) wp.org #2 3 Featured Images in RSS for Mailchimp & More 20K+ · 4.3★ (113) wp.org #3 4 WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher 10K+ · 4.8★ (514) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too low 5 All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) wp.org #6 ↓1 1 too low 6 AI-Powered Carousel, Slider, Video & Photo Gallery Blocks by WP Carousel 60K+ · 4.7★ (434) wp.org #10 4 too low 7 White Label CMS 200K+ · 4.7★ (114) wp.org #7 ↓1 8 XML Sitemap Generator for Google 1M+ · 4.8★ (2233) wp.org #12 4 too low 9 Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gallery plugin) 100K+ · 4.8★ (205) wp.org #11 2 too low 10 RSS Feed Widget 2K+ · 3.9★ (26) wp.org #4 ↑6 6 too high 11 Security Optimizer – The All-In-One Protection Plugin 1M+ · 4.5★ (157) wp.org #9 2 too high 12 SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO 300K+ · 4.8★ (1267) wp.org #19 ↓1 7 too low 13 Blog2Social: Social Media Auto Post & Scheduler 40K+ · 4.5★ (2107) wp.org #16 ↑1 3 too low 14 Featured Image from URL (FIFU) 60K+ · 4.6★ (264) wp.org #18 4 too low 15 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #23 ↓1 8 too low 16 Seriously Simple Podcasting 20K+ · 4.7★ (330) wp.org #14 2 too high 17 Gallery by Visual Portfolio 60K+ · 4.8★ (340) wp.org #24 7 too low 18 HTML5 Audio Player – The Ultimate No-Code Podcast, MP3 & Audio Player 10K+ · 4.6★ (169) wp.org #22 4 too low 19 Tagembed: Social Media Feeds and Customer Reviews Widget 9K+ · 3.9★ (62) wp.org #15 4 too high 20 Import XML and RSS Feeds 2K+ · 3.8★ (24) wp.org #13 7 too high 21 MediaBlaster – Video CMS, Vimeo Import, Live TV & Podcasts 200+ · 3.9★ (14) wp.org #21 ↑2 22 APG Google Video Sitemap Feed 500+ · 2.8★ (9) wp.org #17 ↑2 5 too high 23 SiteSEO – SEO Simplified 400K+ · 4.0★ (8) wp.org #20 ↑1 3 too high 24 RSS Retriever Lite 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #8 ↓1 16 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.