wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “wordpress aggregator plugin”

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 “wordpress aggregator plugin”, 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

DaazSync – RSS News Aggregator shows at wp.org #7 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 14 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

FluentCRM – Email Newsletter, Automation, Email Marketing, Email Campaigns, Optins, Leads, and CRM Solution places #10 on merit, 4.8★ from 250 reviews, but shows at wp.org #18. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin signals wp.org

Yoast SEO – Advanced SEO with real-time guidance and built-in AI 10M+ · 4.8★ (27821) wp.org #1 2

WP RSS Aggregator – RSS Import, Feed to Post, Autoblogging, AI Content 40K+ · 4.5★ (565) wp.org #2 3

The Events Calendar 600K+ · 4.2★ (2461) wp.org #3 4

RSS Aggregator by Feedzy – Feed to Post, Autoblogging, News & YouTube Video Feeds Aggregator 40K+ · 4.6★ (361) wp.org #4 5

EWWW Image Optimizer 1M+ · 4.8★ (1842) wp.org #9 4 too low 6

WP Event Aggregator: Import Eventbrite events, Meetup events, social events and any iCal Events into Event Calendar 1K+ · 4.6★ (54) wp.org #5 1 too high 7

Event Tickets and Registration 90K+ · 3.5★ (236) heavy footprint wp.org #8 ↓1 1 too low 8

WPeMatico RSS Feed Fetcher 10K+ · 4.8★ (514) not PHP-current wp.org #14 6 too low 9

Import Meetup Events – Meetup Sync & Event Aggregator for WordPress 300+ · 4.7★ (19) thin reviews wp.org #6 3 too high 10

FluentCRM – Email Newsletter, Automation, Email Marketing, Email Campaigns, Optins, Leads, and CRM Solution 80K+ · 4.8★ (250) wp.org #18 ↑1 8 too low 11

Import Social Events 3K+ · 4.8★ (116) wp.org #19 ↑2 8 too low 12 F FeedWordPress 8K+ · 4.2★ (61) throws errorsnot PHP-current wp.org #10 2 too high 13

Import Eventbrite Events 3K+ · 4.5★ (52) wp.org #17 4 too low 14

Tagembed: Social Media Feeds and Customer Reviews Widget 9K+ · 3.9★ (62) wp.org #16 2 too low 15

WPCS – WordPress Currency Switcher Professional 800+ · 4.1★ (13) thin reviews wp.org #11 ↑1 4 too high 16

Juicer.io: Effortlessly embed, curate, and aggregate social media feeds into your website 8K+ · 4.2★ (29) wp.org #22 ↑1 6 too low 17

Go Fetch Jobs (for WP Job Manager) 600+ · 4.5★ (28) wp.org #24 7 too low 18

Content Pilot – Autoblogging & Affiliate Marketing Suite 700+ · 3.6★ (36) not PHP-current wp.org #20 ↓2 2 too low 19

Curator.io 2K+ · 4.2★ (5) thin reviews wp.org #12 ↓1 7 too high 20

Event SEO: Event Schema / Structured Data: Google Rich Snippet Schema for Event 700+ · 5.0★ (5) thin reviews wp.org #21 ↓1 1 too low 21

DaazSync – RSS News Aggregator 100+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #7 ↑1 14 too high 22

Flockler – Social Media Embeds for WordPress 500+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #15 7 too high 23

Auto Robot – WP Autoblogging and RSS Feed News Aggregator 40+ · 1.8★ (10) throws errorsnot PHP-current thin reviews wp.org #13 10 too high 24

Nokko RSS Aggregator — · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews wp.org #23 ↓1 1 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.