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

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 “bilingual”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 4 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation 400K+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #1 2 Transliterator – Multilingual and Multi-script Text Conversion 3K+ · 4.8★ (96) wp.org #2 3 FileBird – WordPress Media Library Folders & File Manager 200K+ · 4.7★ (1125) wp.org #5 ↑1 2 too low 4 WPML to Polylang 5K+ · 5.0★ (20) wp.org #3 ↑1 1 too high 5 Falang multilanguage for WordPress 1K+ · 5.0★ (113) wp.org #6 ↓1 1 too low 6 Translate and boost SEO – Automatic AI translation – wpLingua 2K+ · 4.9★ (33) wp.org #9 ↓2 3 too low 7 Bilingual Linker 70+ · 4.0★ (6) wp.org #4 ↓1 3 too high 8 Ray Enterprise Translation 7K+ · 2.6★ (48) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 PayPal Brasil para WooCommerce 1K+ · 3.8★ (12) wp.org #8 1 too high 10 Toocheke Companion 1K+ · 4.6★ (8) wp.org #11 ↓2 1 too low 11 Heroic Glossary – Block for building Glossaries, Dictionaries and more 3K+ · 3.8★ (10) wp.org #10 ↓2 1 too high 12 Etibot Makale Botu 30+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 ↓3 1 too low 13 WPCasa Polylang 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓3 2 too low 14 Invofast Invoice Printer for WooCommerce 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #12 ↑5 2 too high 15 WPeMatico Polylang 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↓3 1 too high 16 Duolangue — Lightweight Bilingual — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 3 too low 17 Artiman Guard 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 3 too low 18 DT Bulk Content Studio 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 ↓1 2 too high 19 Click to Translate – bilingual dictionary plugin for WordPress 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 ↓4 2 too high 20 Quick Multilingual 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 ↓4 2 too high 21 Loi 25 Comply 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 3 too low 22 AICOM – AI Commander 60+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↓3 1 too high 23 Saudi Address Pro 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #22 ↓6 1 too high 24 Askova – Smart FAQ Chat — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #23 ↓4 1 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.