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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “wordpress portfolio 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 portfolio plugin”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 of the top 20. 3 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

Themify Portfolio Post shows at wp.org #6 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 16 places. Its 30K+ 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

Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery places #9 on merit, 4.7★ from 616 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 MonsterInsights – Google Analytics Dashboard for WordPress (Website Stats Made Easy) 2M+ · 4.5★ (3157) wp.org #1 2 Gallery by Visual Portfolio 60K+ · 4.8★ (340) wp.org #4 ↓2 2 too low 3 Radius Portfolio – Filterable Grid, Gallery & Slider Portfolio 7K+ · 4.6★ (38) wp.org #3 ↑1 4 Portfolio Filter Gallery – Photo Gallery 20K+ · 4.8★ (348) wp.org #7 3 too low 5 GS Portfolio – WordPress Portfolio Plugin with Filterable Portfolio Grid and Portfolio Slider 300+ · 4.4★ (37) wp.org #5 6 Smush – Image Optimization, Compression, Lazy Load, WebP & CDN 1M+ · 4.8★ (6053) wp.org #16 ↑4 10 too low 7 Disable All WordPress Updates 20K+ · 4.8★ (69) wp.org #12 5 too low 8 Download Plugin 60K+ · 4.5★ (27) wp.org #8 9 Modula Image Gallery – Photo Grid & Video Gallery 100K+ · 4.7★ (616) wp.org #23 14 too low 10 FancyBox for WordPress 30K+ · 4.6★ (92) wp.org #15 ↓1 5 too low 11 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7322) wp.org #18 7 too low 12 WPZOOM Portfolio Lite – Filterable Portfolio Plugin 20K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #2 ↑1 10 too high 13 Gallery by BestWebSoft – Customizable Image and Photo Galleries for WordPress 10K+ · 4.0★ (158) wp.org #22 9 too low 14 Portfolio Grid – Filterable Gallery, Grid & Slider Showcase 800+ · 4.4★ (33) wp.org #17 ↓2 3 too low 15 Filterable Portfolio 1K+ · 4.2★ (13) wp.org #11 4 too high 16 Responsive Filterable Portfolio Gallery – Media Grid & Video Portfolio 1K+ · 4.6★ (18) wp.org #19 ↓3 3 too low 17 PowerFolio – Portfolio & Image Gallery for Elementor 10K+ · 4.5★ (12) wp.org #10 7 too high 18 GS Pinterest Portfolio – Pins Grid, Masonry, User Profile, Popup & Board Widgets 1K+ · 4.8★ (47) wp.org #24 6 too low 19 Better Plugin Compatibility Control 4K+ · 4.3★ (19) wp.org #21 2 too low 20 WP Plugin Manager – Deactivate plugins per page 3K+ · 4.4★ (23) wp.org #20 ↓1 21 Genesis Portfolio Pro 5K+ · 4.5★ (4) wp.org #13 8 too high 22 Themify Portfolio Post 30K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #6 16 too high 23 HT Portfolio – WordPress Portfolio Plugin for Elementor 300+ · 3.0★ (4) wp.org #9 14 too high 24 Portfolio Block – The Ultimate Project & Portfolio Builder 800+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 ↑4 10 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.