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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “wordpress iframe generator”

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 iframe generator”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 10 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

Embed Optimizer shows at wp.org #8 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 50K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

iubenda | All-in-one Compliance for GDPR / CCPA Cookie Consent + more places #9 on merit, 4.7★ from 397 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Advanced iFrame 40K+ · 4.4★ (54) wp.org #1 2 Complianz GDPR/CCPA Cookie Consent Banner 1M+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #2 3 Ad Inserter – Ad Manager & AdSense Ads 300K+ · 4.9★ (2433) wp.org #3 4 Calculated Fields Form – AI Form Builder for WordPress – Contact, Payment, Quote, Quiz & More 40K+ · 4.9★ (973) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 Smart Slider 3 800K+ · 4.9★ (1125) wp.org #9 4 too low 6 WP Call Button – Easy Click to Call Button for WordPress 40K+ · 4.7★ (69) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 Speculative Loading 70K+ · 5.0★ (18) wp.org #6 1 too high 8 Custom Product Tabs for WooCommerce & WordPress Tabs Builder – Smart Tabs 10K+ · 4.9★ (134) wp.org #15 7 too low 9 iubenda | All-in-one Compliance for GDPR / CCPA Cookie Consent + more 200K+ · 4.7★ (397) wp.org #17 8 too low 10 Security Header Generator 400+ · 4.9★ (7) wp.org #4 6 too high 11 GPTranslate – Multilingual AI Translation Agent for WordPress: Translate Your Site with AI 500+ · 5.0★ (34) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 3D FlipBook – PDF Embedder, PDF Flipbook Viewer, Flipbook Image Gallery 70K+ · 4.8★ (182) wp.org #18 6 too low 13 Branda – White Label & Branding, Free Login Page Customizer 10K+ · 4.5★ (30) wp.org #13 14 AMP WP – Google AMP For WordPress 600+ · 4.5★ (55) wp.org #16 2 too low 15 Get Use APIs – JSON Content Importer 5K+ · 4.9★ (78) wp.org #24 9 too low 16 FAZ Cookie Manager 3K+ · 5.0★ (31) wp.org #20 4 too low 17 SureCookie – GDPR Cookie Consent Banner, Cookie Scanner & Script Blocking 70K+ · 4.9★ (21) wp.org #22 5 too low 18 WebinarPress – Webinar System for WordPress 800+ · 4.1★ (40) wp.org #23 5 too low 19 LWS Optimize – All-in-One Speed Booster & Cache Tools 20K+ · 4.6★ (9) wp.org #19 20 Accordions – Responsive Accordion & FAQ Plugin for WordPress 1K+ · 4.6★ (10) wp.org #21 1 too low 21 Blockenberg — 645 Advanced Gutenberg Blocks, 683 Templates and AI Agent for WordPress Block Editor 1K+ · 4.6★ (5) wp.org #14 7 too high 22 Preview Link Generator 100+ · 4.5★ (2) wp.org #12 10 too high 23 Optimization Detective 60K+ · 4.3★ (3) wp.org #11 12 too high 24 Embed Optimizer 50K+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #8 16 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.