wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “video tutorial”
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 tutorial”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 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
Video Player Block – play videos beautifully on any device shows at wp.org #7 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 2K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 8 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.
Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery 100K+ · 4.7★ (616)
wp.org #1 2 
HTML5 Video Player – embed fast, responsive videos with ease 20K+ · 4.6★ (195)
wp.org #2 ↑2 3 
Kadence Blocks — Page Builder Toolkit for Gutenberg Editor 600K+ · 4.8★ (333)
wp.org #4 ↑6 1 too low 4 
The Events Calendar 600K+ · 4.2★ (2461)
wp.org #5 ↓2 1 too low 5 
WP Video Lightbox 30K+ · 4.3★ (67)
wp.org #3 ↓1 2 too high 6 
Premium Addons for Elementor – AI-Ready Elementor Addons, Widgets & Templates 600K+ · 4.9★ (1680)
wp.org #8 2 too low 7 
All-in-One Video Gallery – Video Player & Galleries for YouTube, Vimeo & Self-Hosted Videos 20K+ · 4.8★ (136)
wp.org #6 ↓1 1 too high 8 
Product Feed Manager for WooCommerce – CTX Feed – Support 220+ Shopping, AI & Social Channels 90K+ · 4.6★ (838)
wp.org #10 ↓4 2 too low 9 
EmbedPress 100K+ · 4.8★ (307)
wp.org #9 ↑5 10 
Essential Addons for Elementor – Popular Elementor Templates & Widgets 1M+ · 4.9★ (4132)
wp.org #11 ↑6 1 too low 11 
Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322)
wp.org #12 ↑3 1 too low 12 
Rank Math SEO – AI SEO Tools to Dominate SEO Rankings 4M+ · 4.8★ (7520)
wp.org #14 ↓2 2 too low 13 
Customer Reviews for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.8★ (1539)
wp.org #16 ↓3 3 too low 14 
Fluent Forms – Customizable Contact Forms, Survey, Quiz, & Conversational Form Builder 800K+ · 4.8★ (807)
wp.org #15 ↓6 1 too low 15 
AI-Powered Carousel, Slider, Video & Photo Gallery Blocks by WP Carousel 60K+ · 4.7★ (434)
wp.org #21 ↓10 6 too low 16 
Page scroll to id 100K+ · 4.9★ (225)
wp.org #20 4 too low 17 Video Player Block – play videos beautifully on any device 2K+ · 5.0★ (8) thin reviews
wp.org #7 10 too high 18 
Super Video player – Fully Customizable Video Player with Playlist 2K+ · 4.2★ (30)
wp.org #17 ↑1 1 too high 19 
Vimeotheque – Vimeo WordPress Plugin & Video Gallery 2K+ · 4.6★ (26)
wp.org #23 4 too low 20 
Video Dashboard 600+ · 5.0★ (6) thin reviews
wp.org #13 ↑3 7 too high 21 
FancyTube – Video Gallery, Video Slider, and Playlist Slider for YouTube 1K+ · 4.6★ (10) thin reviews
wp.org #18 ↑1 3 too high 22 
RTMForm – Contact Form, Multi-Step Forms & Form Templates for Elementor 30K+ · 4.3★ (14) thin reviews
wp.org #24 2 too low 23 
Wonder Video Embed 4K+ · 5.0★ (5) thin reviews
wp.org #19 4 too high 24 
Video Gallery – YouTube, Vimeo Gallery & YouTube API 1K+ · 4.0★ (7) thin reviews
wp.org #22 ↑2 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.