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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “wordpress streaming 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 streaming plugin”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 4 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

Broadcast Live Video – Live Streaming : WebRTC, HLS, RTSP, RTMP shows at wp.org #8 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 400+ installs carry it up the search order; its 2.7★ average from 14 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Presto Player places #11 on merit, 4.8★ from 346 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 UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin 4M+ · 4.8★ (8706) wp.org #1 2 AI Engine – MCP Server & AI Chatbot for WordPress, with Claude, ChatGPT & Gemini 90K+ · 4.9★ (874) wp.org #5 ↓1 3 too low 3 Download Plugin 60K+ · 4.5★ (27) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 WordPress Importer 2M+ · 3.1★ (327) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 MxChat – AI Chatbot & Content Generation for WordPress 2K+ · 5.0★ (31) wp.org #4 ↑1 1 too high 6 WpStream – Live Streaming, Video on Demand, Pay Per View 3K+ · 4.8★ (78) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 MasterStudy LMS WordPress Plugin – for Online Courses and Education 10K+ · 4.5★ (487) wp.org #11 4 too low 8 Feeds for YouTube (YouTube video, channel, and gallery plugin) 100K+ · 4.8★ (205) wp.org #13 5 too low 9 CrawlWP SEO – Complete WordPress SEO Plugin with AI, Indexing & Search Performance 30K+ · 4.7★ (62) wp.org #10 ↓1 1 too low 10 EmbedPress 100K+ · 4.8★ (307) wp.org #16 ↑2 6 too low 11 Presto Player 100K+ · 4.8★ (346) wp.org #23 ↑1 12 too low 12 WPMasterToolKit (WPMTK) – All in one plugin 5K+ · 5.0★ (28) wp.org #14 2 too low 13 Masteriyo LMS – LMS Course Builder, Quizzes & Certificates 6K+ · 4.8★ (184) wp.org #15 2 too low 14 iControlWP 1K+ · 4.8★ (63) wp.org #19 5 too low 15 FV Flowplayer Video Player 10K+ · 4.4★ (90) wp.org #12 3 too high 16 FlexMeeting – Webinar & Meeting Plugin for Jitsi Meet 1K+ · 4.5★ (38) wp.org #21 5 too low 17 Movie Engine – OTT Streaming Platform for Movies & TV Series 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #9 ↑1 8 too high 18 Videojs HTML5 Player 7K+ · 4.7★ (18) wp.org #24 ↓1 6 too low 19 Radio Station by netmix® – Manage and play your Show Schedule in WordPress! 1K+ · 4.6★ (30) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 Castio.live – WordPress Streaming Plugin with Chat (HLS) 20+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #6 14 too high 21 Jeg Kit for Elementor – Powerful Addons for Elementor, Widgets & Templates for WordPress 300K+ · 3.8★ (79) wp.org #22 1 too low 22 Cincopa video and media plug-in 1K+ · 2.8★ (26) wp.org #18 ↓1 4 too high 23 Broadcast Live Video – Live Streaming : WebRTC, HLS, RTSP, RTMP 400+ · 2.7★ (14) wp.org #8 15 too high 24 WPRadio – WordPress Radio Streaming Plugin 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↓1 7 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.