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

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 sync”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 5 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

MyWorks Sync for WooCommerce & Xero shows at wp.org #10 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 12 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner places #12 on merit, 4.7★ from 1667 reviews, but shows at wp.org #23. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Media Sync 50K+ · 4.7★ (86) wp.org #1 ↑1 2 Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery 100K+ · 4.7★ (616) wp.org #2 ↓1 3 Video Conferencing with Zoom 10K+ · 4.8★ (217) wp.org #3 4 Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ · 4.8★ (7519) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 Envira Gallery – Image Photo Gallery, Albums, Video Gallery, Slideshows & More 100K+ · 4.7★ (1596) wp.org #9 ↓4 4 too low 6 Jetpack – AI Agents & MCP, Security, Backup & Analytics 3M+ · 3.7★ (2408) wp.org #8 ↑3 2 too low 7 Media Cloud Sync 1K+ · 4.9★ (13) wp.org #4 3 too high 8 Vimeotheque – Vimeo WordPress Plugin & Video Gallery 2K+ · 4.6★ (26) wp.org #5 ↑2 3 too high 9 AI-Powered Carousel, Slider, Video & Photo Gallery Blocks by WP Carousel 60K+ · 4.7★ (434) wp.org #13 4 too low 10 FlexTable – Data Table Sync with Google Sheets 3K+ · 4.6★ (35) wp.org #7 ↑2 3 too high 11 Video Gallery – YouTube Gallery, Playlist & Video Grid 2K+ · 4.9★ (128) wp.org #16 5 too low 12 Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #23 11 too low 13 MyWorks Sync for WooCommerce & QuickBooks Online 5K+ · 4.7★ (75) wp.org #12 1 too high 14 Automatic YouTube Gallery – Embed Auto-Updating YouTube Video Galleries, Feeds, Playlists & Channels 9K+ · 4.8★ (31) wp.org #20 6 too low 15 FlexStock – Product Stock Sync with Google Sheets for WooCommerce 600+ · 4.5★ (22) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 Cloudinary – Deliver Images and Videos at Scale 5K+ · 4.0★ (64) wp.org #22 6 too low 17 Bulk Product Sync – Bulk Product Editor for WooCommerce with Google Sheets™ 300+ · 4.2★ (27) wp.org #18 ↑1 1 too low 18 FV Flowplayer Video Player 10K+ · 4.4★ (90) wp.org #21 3 too low 19 FluentPlayer – Video Player With Forms & Lead Capture 2K+ · 4.7★ (14) wp.org #19 ↓1 20 Kadence Central – Site Management, Backups, Security, and Reporting 30K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #11 ↓1 9 too high 21 VidShop – Shoppable Videos for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #17 4 too high 22 MyWorks Sync for WooCommerce & Xero 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #10 ↓2 12 too high 23 Captivate Sync 1K+ · 3.2★ (10) wp.org #24 ↓1 1 too low 24 ووسلام – همگام سازی ووکامرس و باسلام 6K+ · 4.3★ (4) wp.org #15 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.