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

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 “cyrillic”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 2 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

DevBrothers Cyrillic URL shows at wp.org #9 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 50+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Delivery & Pickup Date Time for WooCommerce places #10 on merit, 4.9★ from 281 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 Transliterator – Multilingual and Multi-script Text Conversion 3K+ · 4.8★ (95) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Cyrlitera – Transliteration of Links and File Names 40K+ · 4.6★ (61) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Cyr-To-Lat 300K+ · 4.7★ (98) wp.org #4 1 too low 4 Cyr to Lat Enhanced 80K+ · 4.6★ (51) wp.org #7 3 too low 5 Cyr to Lat Reloaded – Transliteration of Links and File Names 30K+ · 4.4★ (14) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 B Bulglish Permalinks 3K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 R Restrict Usernames Emails Characters 1K+ · 4.5★ (25) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 Cyrillic Permalinks 200+ · 3.7★ (3) wp.org #1 7 too high 9 Leaflet Maps Marker (Google Maps, OpenStreetMap, Bing Maps) 9K+ · 4.6★ (245) wp.org #14 ↑1 5 too low 10 Delivery & Pickup Date Time for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (281) wp.org #19 9 too low 11 Ebook Store 700+ · 4.4★ (60) wp.org #17 6 too low 12 EasyFonts – Host Google Fonts Locally, Fast & Auto-Optimize, GDPR Compliant 1K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #10 ↑1 2 too high 13 WPCargo Track & Trace 10K+ · 4.0★ (30) wp.org #18 5 too low 14 C Clean Filenames 3K+ · 4.6★ (8) wp.org #15 ↓1 1 too low 15 SrbTransLatin – Serbian Latinisation 2K+ · 4.6★ (38) wp.org #24 9 too low 16 Stop Search Spam 70+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 3 too high 17 S Stop Comment Spam 300+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #23 6 too low 18 Ukrainian Cyrillic to Latin by OSTG 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 6 too high 19 Kodlo Media Manager 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 DevBrothers Cyrillic URL 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 11 too high 21 Cyrillic 2 Latin 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #11 ↓1 10 too high 22 Honeypot Guard – Silent Anti-Spam 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #16 6 too high 23 Search URL Beautifier 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↑1 2 too high 24 Belarusian Currency (B) Symbol for Woocommerce 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 2 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.