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

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

Rocket Font – 한글 shows at wp.org #12 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 9 places. Its 1K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 4.6★ average from 5 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

LocoAI – Auto Translate for Loco Translate places #9 on merit, 4.9★ from 642 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin signals wp.org

PDF Invoices & Packing Slips for WooCommerce 300K+ · 5.0★ (1865) throws errorsnot PHP-current wp.org #1 2

Widgets for Google Reviews 1M+ · 4.9★ (2667) wp.org #2 3

Table Field Add-on for ACF and SCF 50K+ · 4.9★ (60) wp.org #3 4

WP Fastest Cache – WordPress Cache Plugin 1M+ · 4.9★ (4228) wp.org #8 ↓1 4 too low 5

Auto Upload Images 20K+ · 4.3★ (106) wp.org #5 6

Disable Emails 30K+ · 5.0★ (20) thin reviews wp.org #4 2 too high 7

The SEO Framework – Fast, Automated, Effortless. 200K+ · 4.9★ (380) not PHP-current wp.org #10 ↑1 3 too low 8

Flexible Map 7K+ · 4.8★ (66) wp.org #9 1 too low 9

LocoAI – Auto Translate for Loco Translate 70K+ · 4.9★ (642) wp.org #17 8 too low 10

ICS Calendar 10K+ · 4.9★ (72) wp.org #11 ↓1 1 too low 11

SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager 10K+ · 4.7★ (369) not PHP-current wp.org #15 ↓1 4 too low 12

Log Emails 6K+ · 5.0★ (11) thin reviews wp.org #6 6 too high 13

Translate and boost SEO – Automatic AI translation – wpLingua 2K+ · 4.9★ (33) wp.org #14 ↓1 1 too low 14

Mang Board 8K+ · 3.7★ (15) thin reviews wp.org #7 ↑1 7 too high 15

Footnotes Made Easy 2K+ · 4.6★ (40) wp.org #20 ↓2 5 too low 16

Manual Image Crop 7K+ · 4.1★ (56) throws errorsnot PHP-current wp.org #13 ↓1 3 too high 17

WP-Lister Lite for eBay 2K+ · 4.3★ (74) throws errorsnot PHP-current wp.org #18 ↓2 1 too low 18

Protect the Children! 1K+ · 4.9★ (15) thin reviews wp.org #22 4 too low 19

Send Emails with Mandrill 6K+ · 5.0★ (11) thin reviews wp.org #21 2 too low 20

Korea for WooCommerce 300+ · 5.0★ (8) throws errorsnot PHP-current thin reviews wp.org #16 ↓1 4 too high 21

Rocket Font – 한글 1K+ · 4.6★ (5) thin reviews wp.org #12 9 too high 22

Tockify Events Calendar 2K+ · 4.5★ (20) throws errorsnot PHP-current thin reviews wp.org #23 ↓4 1 too low 23

Generate Images (AI) – Magic Post Thumbnail 5K+ · 4.3★ (25) throws errorsnot PHP-current wp.org #24 ↓4 1 too low 24

Expire User Passwords 3K+ · 4.2★ (5) thin reviews wp.org #19 5 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.