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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “date translation”

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 “date translation”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 15 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

Date Time Picker for WPForms shows at wp.org #9 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 14 places. Its 1K+ 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

Easy Updates Manager places #9 on merit, 4.8★ from 726 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 پارسی دیت – Parsi Date 100K+ · 4.6★ (130) wp.org #1 2 Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4962) wp.org #2 3 Translate WordPress with Weglot 2.0 – Multilingual AI Translation 50K+ · 4.8★ (1940) wp.org #3 4 Polylang 900K+ · 4.7★ (3004) wp.org #10 6 too low 5 UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin 4M+ · 4.8★ (8706) wp.org #12 7 too low 6 Show modified Date in admin lists 6K+ · 4.9★ (32) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Order Delivery Date for WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.3★ (61) wp.org #4 3 too high 8 XML Sitemap Generator for Google 1M+ · 4.8★ (2233) wp.org #19 11 too low 9 Easy Updates Manager 300K+ · 4.8★ (726) wp.org #23 14 too low 10 Delivery & Pickup Date Time for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (282) wp.org #14 4 too low 11 My Calendar – Accessible Event Manager 20K+ · 4.7★ (159) wp.org #20 9 too low 12 Slider, Gallery, and Carousel by MetaSlider – Image Slider, Video Slider 500K+ · 4.6★ (743) wp.org #24 12 too low 13 Code Snippets 1M+ · 4.7★ (510) wp.org #16 3 too low 14 Elementor Website Builder – more than just a page builder 10M+ · 4.5★ (7323) wp.org #21 7 too low 15 WP Hebrew Date 600+ · 5.0★ (9) wp.org #8 7 too high 16 Post Types Order 600K+ · 4.5★ (296) wp.org #22 6 too low 17 Order Delivery Date And Time 1K+ · 4.6★ (19) wp.org #7 10 too high 18 Toolkit for Polylang – Translation Inspector & Duplicate Content 10K+ · 4.5★ (33) wp.org #17 1 too high 19 Nepali Date Converter 800+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #6 13 too high 20 Date Time Picker for Contact Form 7 20K+ · 3.3★ (21) wp.org #11 9 too high 21 First payment date for WooCommerce Subscriptions 400+ · 4.7★ (10) wp.org #13 8 too high 22 Users Registration Date – Sortable Users Column 3K+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #18 4 too high 23 Date Time Picker for WPForms 1K+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #9 14 too high 24 Tranzly™ – AI Translation & Multilingual 7K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 9 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.