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

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 streaming”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 of the top 20. 7 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

Broadcast Live Video – Live Streaming : WebRTC, HLS, RTSP, RTMP shows at wp.org #7 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 400+ installs carry it up the search order; its 2.7★ average from 14 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Presto Player places #9 on merit, 4.8★ from 343 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 HTML5 Video Player – embed fast, responsive videos with ease 20K+ · 4.6★ (195) wp.org #1 2 All-in-One Video Gallery – Video Player & Galleries for YouTube, Vimeo & Self-Hosted Videos 20K+ · 4.8★ (136) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 WpStream – Live Streaming, Video on Demand, Pay Per View 3K+ · 4.8★ (78) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 EmbedPress – PDF Embedder, 3D PDF FlipBook, Google Reviews, YouTube Videos, Upload & Embed PDF documents 100K+ · 4.8★ (307) wp.org #8 ↑12 4 too low 5 Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gallery plugin) 100K+ · 4.8★ (203) wp.org #10 ↓1 5 too low 6 Video Player Block – play videos beautifully on any device 2K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #4 2 too high 7 Album Gallery for Photo & Video 4K+ · 4.8★ (26) wp.org #5 ↑1 2 too high 8 Jetpack VideoPress 7K+ · 4.0★ (16) wp.org #6 ↓1 2 too high 9 Presto Player 100K+ · 4.8★ (343) wp.org #21 12 too low 10 Videopack 10K+ · 4.8★ (63) wp.org #17 ↓2 7 too low 11 Super Video player – Fully Customizable Video Player with Playlist 2K+ · 4.2★ (30) wp.org #9 ↓2 2 too high 12 Masteriyo LMS – LMS Course Builder, Quizzes & Certificates 6K+ · 4.8★ (183) wp.org #16 ↑2 4 too low 13 FV Flowplayer Video Player 10K+ · 4.4★ (90) wp.org #12 ↓1 1 too high 14 Cloudinary – Deliver Images and Videos at Scale 5K+ · 4.0★ (64) wp.org #24 10 too low 15 Cincopa video and media plug-in 1K+ · 2.8★ (26) wp.org #11 ↓1 4 too high 16 FluentPlayer – Video Player With Forms & Lead Capture 2K+ · 4.7★ (14) wp.org #20 ↓1 4 too low 17 Broadcast Live Video – Live Streaming : WebRTC, HLS, RTSP, RTMP 400+ · 2.7★ (14) wp.org #7 ↑1 10 too high 18 VdoCipher: Secure Video Player and Hosting 2K+ · 4.2★ (14) wp.org #22 ↑1 4 too low 19 SmartVideo – Video Player and CDN 1K+ · 4.0★ (18) wp.org #18 ↓1 1 too high 20 Lean Player – Video and Audio Player with Playlist for WordPress, Elementor and Gutenberg 2K+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #13 7 too high 21 Movie Engine – OTT Streaming Platform for Movies & TV Series 80+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #19 ↓3 2 too high 22 Tutor LMS BunnyNet Integration 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #23 ↓2 1 too low 23 Media Player Addons for Elementor – Audio and Video Widgets for Elementor 1K+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #14 ↓2 9 too high 24 Mux Video Uploader 100+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #15 ↓1 9 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.