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

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 “greek”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 3 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

Greek VAT & Invoices for WooCommerce shows at wp.org #2 but places #20 on merit, a gap of 18 places. Its 100+ 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

LocoAI – Auto Translate for Loco Translate places #11 on merit, 4.9★ from 638 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Widgets for Google Reviews 1M+ · 4.9★ (2641) wp.org #3 2 too low 2 Greek Multi Tool – Greeklish Slugs, Permalinks & Transliteration 1K+ · 4.6★ (9) wp.org #1 1 too high 3 MailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation 500K+ · 4.4★ (1432) wp.org #5 2 too low 4 AutoConvert Greeklish Permalinks 30K+ · 4.9★ (26) wp.org #4 5 Cyr-To-Lat 300K+ · 4.7★ (98) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 CMS Tree Page View – Reorder Pages with a Drag-and-Drop Tree 50K+ · 4.9★ (365) wp.org #11 5 too low 7 Menu Cart for WooCommerce 80K+ · 4.6★ (99) wp.org #8 ↑1 1 too low 8 WP Go Maps – Google Map, OpenStreetMap, Leaflet Map 300K+ · 4.8★ (3046) wp.org #12 4 too low 9 Transliterator – Multilingual and Multi-script Text Conversion 3K+ · 4.8★ (95) wp.org #9 ↑1 10 ICS Calendar 10K+ · 4.9★ (72) wp.org #13 3 too low 11 LocoAI – Auto Translate for Loco Translate 70K+ · 4.9★ (638) wp.org #21 ↓1 10 too low 12 SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager 10K+ · 4.7★ (369) wp.org #16 4 too low 13 Cyr to Lat Reloaded – Transliteration of Links and File Names 30K+ · 4.4★ (14) wp.org #7 6 too high 14 Connect Matomo – Analytics Dashboard for WordPress 60K+ · 4.5★ (95) wp.org #10 ↓2 4 too high 15 WP Menu Cart 8K+ · 4.8★ (23) wp.org #14 1 too high 16 Flexible Map 7K+ · 4.8★ (66) wp.org #22 ↓1 6 too low 17 Multisite Language Switcher 3K+ · 4.8★ (99) wp.org #24 7 too low 18 Advanced Shipment Tracking for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.5★ (353) wp.org #20 ↑2 2 too low 19 My Agile Privacy® – CMP, Cookie Consent & Privacy Tools 7K+ · 5.0★ (19) wp.org #15 4 too high 20 Greek VAT & Invoices for WooCommerce 100+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #2 18 too high 21 Bazz CallBack widget 3K+ · 4.3★ (33) wp.org #17 4 too high 22 Checkout Gateway for IRIS 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #19 3 too high 23 ACS Points Plugin 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #23 ↑1 24 Greek URL Guard 20+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 6 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.