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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “videoobject”

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 “videoobject”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 7 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

AEO Engine shows at wp.org #9 but places #17 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 100+ 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

AMP WP – Google AMP For WordPress places #8 on merit, 4.5★ from 55 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Schema & Structured Data for WP & AMP 100K+ · 4.5★ (252) wp.org #1 2 WP YouTube Lyte 20K+ · 4.8★ (206) wp.org #2 3 Automatic YouTube Gallery – Embed Auto-Updating YouTube Video Galleries, Feeds, Playlists & Channels 9K+ · 4.8★ (31) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Playlist Player for YouTube – Fast, Privacy-Friendly Playlists & Channel Feed 1K+ · 4.8★ (13) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Schema Package – Structured Data & Rich Snippets Tool for SEO 200+ · 4.8★ (20) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Super Video player – Fully Customizable Video Player with Playlist 2K+ · 4.2★ (30) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Schema 30K+ · 4.3★ (221) wp.org #14 ↑2 7 too low 8 AMP WP – Google AMP For WordPress 600+ · 4.5★ (55) wp.org #16 ↑2 8 too low 9 GutSlider – All in One Slider and Carousel Blocks for Gutenberg 6K+ · 4.9★ (14) wp.org #10 ↑1 1 too low 10 Video Gallery – YouTube, Vimeo & Video Slider with Lightbox 1K+ · 4.4★ (7) wp.org #7 ↑1 3 too high 11 Search Atlas SEO – OTTO AI SEO Automation for WordPress 7K+ · 3.3★ (24) wp.org #8 ↓1 3 too high 12 SmartVideo – Video Player and CDN 1K+ · 4.1★ (19) wp.org #11 ↑1 1 too high 13 Video Gallery Block – showcase your videos in a filterable gallery 1K+ · 4.2★ (6) wp.org #15 ↑2 2 too low 14 VidSEO – Video transcript embedding for WordPress & LLM 100+ · 4.2★ (6) wp.org #13 ↑2 1 too high 15 Youtube Video Search 10+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #20 ↑2 5 too low 16 GreetPlayer – Video Player, Video Bubble, Audio Player & Lead Capture 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #17 1 too low 17 AEO Engine 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 ↑1 8 too high 18 Video Accessibility 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 ↑2 6 too high 19 QuickShipD Product Video – YouTube, Vimeo & Self-Hosted Product Video Gallery for WooCommerce 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↑1 1 too high 20 Fast Index for Google Indexing API 300+ · 3.3★ (3) wp.org #19 ↑2 1 too high 21 DraftSEO.ai 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓2 1 too low 22 Sentio Widgets for Elementor 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 1 too low 23 Qaiyo Social Video Embed 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 TNT AI Writer – AI Content Generator, Trending Topic Finder & SEO Draft Writer 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↑3 3 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.