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

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 “elevenlabs”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 2 of the top 20.

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

Modern Hotel Booking — Direct Booking Engine, Availability Calendar & Vacation Rental PMS shows at wp.org #12 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 11 places. Its 10+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Text To Speech TTS Accessibility 4K+ · 4.8★ (92) wp.org #1 2 AI Puffer – AI Chatbot & MCP Server for Claude and ChatGPT 10K+ · 4.6★ (166) wp.org #3 ↑1 1 too low 3 Text to Speech – TTSWP 200+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Text to Speech – Reinvent WP 40+ · 4.7★ (15) wp.org #5 1 too low 5 BeyondWords – AI audio for publishers 800+ · 3.6★ (27) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 White Label voice assistant for ElevenLabs AI Agents 40+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #4 ↓1 2 too high 7 Easy Text-to-Speech 20+ · 4.0★ (3) wp.org #7 8 LS AI Provider for ElevenLabs — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 9 DevStrefa Text to Speech for ElevenLabs — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 10 P Plays Block – Audio-video broadcast player with social features 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 11 WordWave – Text to Speech AI Narration 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 12 Conversation Notifier for ElevenLabs Agents — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 ↓2 2 too low 13 Parlato – AI Podcast Generator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓1 2 too low 14 Cubixsol AI Voice & Chat Assistant — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 2 too low 15 Accessibility Audio TTS – Text To Speech for Articles — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #13 2 too high 16 Sonoquill – AI Podcast Production — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 1 too low 17 Reinvent AI Agent — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓2 1 too low 18 BeyondSky Text to Voice — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 1 too low 19 Voxis – Text to Speech, Audio Reader & Voice Synthesizer — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 2 too low 20 Mijaz AI Live Chat & Call Assistant — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 2 too low 21 Athena AI Content Assistant — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↓2 2 too low 22 OZY Translate — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓2 2 too low 23 Modern Hotel Booking — Direct Booking Engine, Availability Calendar & Vacation Rental PMS 10+ · 4.0★ (2) wp.org #12 11 too high 24 Real Voice – Text to Speech 200+ · 1.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↓1 4 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.