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

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 “gettext”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 7 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

Text Replace – Find and Replace WordPress Strings shows at wp.org #13 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 8 places. Its 300+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 3 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation 400K+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #1 2 Loco Translate 1M+ · 4.8★ (453) wp.org #2 3 XML Sitemap Generator for Google 1M+ · 4.8★ (2233) wp.org #3 4 A Adminimize 100K+ · 4.7★ (254) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 Simple Yearly Archive 6K+ · 4.7★ (30) wp.org #5 6 Multisite Language Switcher 3K+ · 4.8★ (99) wp.org #8 ↑1 2 too low 7 Lazy Load for Videos 9K+ · 4.4★ (105) wp.org #9 ↑5 2 too low 8 GlotPress 500+ · 4.7★ (13) wp.org #7 1 too high 9 N Native Gettext for WordPress 20+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #4 5 too high 10 M Multi Device Switcher 10K+ · 4.3★ (11) wp.org #11 ↓1 1 too low 11 YITH WooCommerce Product Gallery & Image Zoom 10K+ · 3.6★ (71) wp.org #12 1 too low 12 C Custom Post Type Widgets 10K+ · 4.8★ (14) wp.org #16 4 too low 13 WC Korkmaz Contract – Contracts for WooCommerce 500+ · 5.0★ (22) wp.org #18 5 too low 14 YITH WooCommerce Product Bundles 3K+ · 3.2★ (24) wp.org #10 ↑1 4 too high 15 W WP Auto Updater 7K+ · 4.6★ (10) wp.org #17 2 too low 16 G Gettext override translations 2K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #15 ↓2 1 too high 17 CodeColorer 1K+ · 4.9★ (11) wp.org #23 6 too low 18 Web Directory plugin Free – AI powered 300+ · 4.1★ (20) wp.org #22 ↓2 4 too low 19 POEditor 500+ · 4.4★ (11) wp.org #20 ↓1 1 too low 20 Override String Translations 1K+ · 3.9★ (7) wp.org #14 ↑1 6 too high 21 Text Replace – Find and Replace WordPress Strings 300+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #13 ↓5 8 too high 22 Speed Up – Translation Cache 70+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #19 ↓1 3 too high 23 S Simple RSVP 50+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #24 1 too low 24 E Editor Bridge 200+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 3 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.