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

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 “acronym”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 13 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

Mori AI Search shows at wp.org #8 but places #13 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its 40+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) places #8 on merit, 4.7★ from 5231 reviews, but shows at wp.org #22. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Text To Speech TTS Accessibility 4K+ · 4.8★ (92) wp.org #4 ↑1 3 too low 2 GSpeech TTS – WordPress Text To Speech Plugin 3K+ · 4.8★ (178) wp.org #6 4 too low 3 Hizzle CAPTCHA – Protect your forms from spam 500+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 CM Tooltip Glossary 7K+ · 4.3★ (157) wp.org #9 5 too low 5 Abbreviation Button for the Block Editor 300+ · 4.7★ (3) wp.org #2 3 too high 6 WProofreader spell & grammar check plugin for WordPress 4K+ · 3.7★ (15) wp.org #3 3 too high 7 Gutenberg Block Editor Toolkit – EditorsKit 20K+ · 4.6★ (176) wp.org #19 12 too low 8 All in One SEO – AI SEO Plugin to Boost SEO Rankings & Traffic (Schema, Local SEO, Sitemap & SEO Insights) 2M+ · 4.7★ (5231) wp.org #22 ↓1 14 too low 9 Heroic Glossary – Block for building Glossaries, Dictionaries and more 3K+ · 3.8★ (10) wp.org #5 ↓1 4 too high 10 Auto Capitalize & UPPERCASE Names and Addresses 50+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #7 3 too high 11 A Acronyms 2 100+ · 4.8★ (8) wp.org #13 ↓1 2 too low 12 W WordPress.org Glossary 300+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #10 2 too high 13 Mori AI Search 40+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 5 too high 14 Crudiator 100+ · 4.7★ (6) wp.org #16 2 too low 15 Glossary Tooltip – Highlight Terms & Show Tooltips 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 Resting Sycamore Acronym Decoder for Medicare Terms — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 5 too high 17 Auto Title Case 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↑1 5 too high 18 RocketCDN – WordPress CDN Plugin 100+ · 3.0★ (5) wp.org #17 1 too high 19 S Secure Paste 30+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 4 too high 20 Smart Initial Caps Titles — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 21 Achla AI Search – Cited AI Answers from Your WordPress Content — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 2 too low 22 W WP Nasa/ADS Query Importer 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 4 too high 23 WPBetterCodeHighlighting — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 Transleti Translator – Multilingual & Automatic Translation — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↑1 3 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.