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

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 “yt”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 17 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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

Prisna YT – Яндекс Переводчик shows at wp.org #3 but places #10 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 60+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.5★ average from 4 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

WP YouTube Lyte places #5 on merit, 4.8★ from 206 reviews, but shows at wp.org #19. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Video Player for YouTube – Embed Videos Your Visitors Will Love to Watch 1K+ · 4.8★ (12) wp.org #1 2 Simple Lightbox for WordPress 400+ · 5.0★ (10) wp.org #2 3 Wise Chat 4K+ · 4.4★ (105) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 Custom Share Buttons with Floating Sidebar 4K+ · 4.8★ (93) wp.org #11 ↓1 7 too low 5 WP YouTube Lyte 20K+ · 4.8★ (206) wp.org #19 ↑1 14 too low 6 RSS for Yandex Turbo 20K+ · 4.6★ (145) wp.org #17 11 too low 7 Flexible Quantity & Price Calculator for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.3★ (9) wp.org #4 3 too high 8 mb.YTPlayer for background videos 1K+ · 4.1★ (28) wp.org #12 ↓1 4 too low 9 My YouTube Channel 5K+ · 4.4★ (39) wp.org #21 ↑1 12 too low 10 Prisna YT – Яндекс Переводчик 60+ · 3.5★ (4) wp.org #3 7 too high 11 GS YouTube Gallery – Video Feed, Channel Playlist & YouTube Slider 100+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #18 7 too low 12 YT Sub Counter 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 6 too high 13 YT Portrait Video Embed Block 30+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 6 too high 14 YT Portrait Video Embed 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 6 too high 15 WPJ Sticky Video – Floating Video Player 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 6 too high 16 TruePlayer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 ↑5 6 too high 17 B Bestony AI Provider for Tencent Cloud Token Hub — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 4 too high 18 Zamkai Video Gallery for YouTube Playlists — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓2 4 too high 19 Frank Channel Analytics for YouTube — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 4 too high 20 Media Fields for Contact Form 7 – Video, Audio, 3D, Gallery and PDF Fields — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 4 too high 21 Shortlix Carousel for YouTube 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↑1 1 too low 22 Lite YouTube Embed 200+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↑1 1 too low 23 YTS Floating action button 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↑1 3 too high 24 Simple YT Widget 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #24

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.