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

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 “hindi”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 11 of the top 20. 4 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

Expire User Passwords shows at wp.org #12 but places #22 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 3K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.2★ average from 5 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End places #10 on merit, 4.8★ from 913 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 Widgets for Google Reviews 1M+ · 4.9★ (2667) wp.org #1 2 MailPoet – Newsletters, Email Marketing, and Automation 500K+ · 4.4★ (1435) wp.org #2 3 Table Field Add-on for ACF and SCF 50K+ · 4.9★ (60) wp.org #3 4 Connect Matomo – Analytics Dashboard for WordPress 60K+ · 4.5★ (95) wp.org #4 ↓1 5 Ultimate Responsive Image Slider 30K+ · 4.5★ (248) wp.org #9 ↑2 4 too low 6 Advanced Shipment Tracking for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.5★ (355) wp.org #7 ↓1 1 too low 7 Bulk Delete 30K+ · 4.3★ (129) wp.org #10 ↓2 3 too low 8 Translate and boost SEO – Automatic AI translation – wpLingua 2K+ · 4.9★ (33) wp.org #8 ↓1 9 D DS CF7 Math Captcha 10K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #5 ↓1 4 too high 10 User Submitted Posts – Enable Users to Submit Posts from the Front End 10K+ · 4.8★ (913) wp.org #23 ↓8 13 too low 11 Pricing Table – Responsive & Easy 3K+ · 4.2★ (26) wp.org #6 ↓1 5 too high 12 Widgets for Airbnb Reviews 6K+ · 4.6★ (60) wp.org #16 ↑8 4 too low 13 Widgets for Booking.com Reviews 9K+ · 4.9★ (65) wp.org #20 ↓8 7 too low 14 Bible Verse of the Day 3K+ · 4.9★ (11) wp.org #11 ↓2 3 too high 15 WP Tripadvisor Review Widgets 20K+ · 4.1★ (116) wp.org #24 ↓11 9 too low 16 Album Gallery for Flickr 4K+ · 3.9★ (86) wp.org #18 ↓2 2 too low 17 Protect the Children! 1K+ · 4.9★ (15) wp.org #15 ↑6 2 too high 18 Send Emails with Mandrill 6K+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #13 ↑6 5 too high 19 Quran multilanguage Text & Audio 400+ · 5.0★ (17) wp.org #14 ↓4 5 too high 20 Geo Mashup 1K+ · 4.7★ (33) wp.org #21 ↑1 1 too low 21 Custom Add to Cart Button Label and Link for WooCommerce 2K+ · 4.6★ (27) wp.org #19 ↑1 2 too high 22 Expire User Passwords 3K+ · 4.2★ (5) wp.org #12 ↑5 10 too high 23 Image Converter for WebP 1K+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #17 ↓3 6 too high 24 Auto Post Cleaner 1K+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #22 ↑1 2 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.