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

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 “diacritics”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 19 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

Arabic Search Enhancement shows at wp.org #4 but places #13 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its — installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

FiboSearch – Ajax Search for WooCommerce places #2 on merit, 4.9★ from 1815 reviews, but shows at wp.org #20. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Titula 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #1 2 FiboSearch – Ajax Search for WooCommerce 100K+ · 4.9★ (1815) wp.org #20 ↓2 18 too low 3 wp-Typography 10K+ · 4.6★ (71) wp.org #16 13 too low 4 Gutenberg Essential Blocks – Page Builder for Gutenberg Blocks & Patterns 100K+ · 4.9★ (216) wp.org #21 17 too low 5 Cyr to Lat Enhanced 80K+ · 4.6★ (51) wp.org #18 ↓1 13 too low 6 Ajax Product Search for WooCommerce (ProSearch) 40+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #2 4 too high 7 Advanced Woo Search – Product Search for WooCommerce 60K+ · 4.8★ (248) wp.org #24 ↓1 17 too low 8 Broken Link Checker 500K+ · 3.8★ (605) wp.org #19 11 too low 9 CSV Importer 3K+ · 4.2★ (28) wp.org #23 ↓1 14 too low 10 teachPress 2K+ · 4.8★ (25) wp.org #22 ↓2 12 too low 11 Sulado Odstúpenie a reklamácie for WooCommerce 70+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #3 8 too high 12 APSearch — Arabic & Persian Search — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 7 too high 13 Arabic Search Enhancement — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 9 too high 14 Accent Letters — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #6 8 too high 15 mazdek AI — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 8 too high 16 Aetos Arabic Search Normalizer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 8 too high 17 SkyServers Local Delivery and Pickup for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 8 too high 18 JRMora JSON Search — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 8 too high 19 InstantSearch Products – SwiftSearch.pl — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 8 too high 20 Kouib Blocks for Tutor LMS — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 8 too high 21 Stolik – Digital Menu for Restaurants & Hotels — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 8 too high 22 Naqshino Sales Map for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 8 too high 23 PlugForge Transliteration Standards — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 8 too high 24 Arabdown SEO — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓1 7 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.