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

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 “kurdish”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 14 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Popup Like box – Page Plugin shows at wp.org #9 but places #14 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 4 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Translate WordPress – Google Language Translator places #9 on merit, 4.7★ from 620 reviews, but shows at wp.org #22. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 File Manager Pro – Filester 100K+ · 4.9★ (155) wp.org #1 2 LearnPress – WordPress LMS Plugin for Create and Sell Online Courses 70K+ · 4.3★ (597) wp.org #5 ↓1 3 too low 3 ShayanWeb Admin FontChanger | افزونه‌ی تغییر فونت پیشخوان وردپرس شایان وب 1K+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Quran multilanguage Text & Audio 400+ · 5.0★ (17) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 ConveyThis AI Multilingual Translation 1K+ · 4.4★ (145) wp.org #7 2 too low 6 Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4962) wp.org #14 ↓2 8 too low 7 Appointment Booking Calendar 1K+ · 4.2★ (92) wp.org #8 1 too low 8 WP Click to Chat – Email, Live Chat, Call & Book Now Buttons 1K+ · 5.0★ (7) wp.org #4 ↑1 4 too high 9 Translate WordPress – Google Language Translator 100K+ · 4.7★ (620) wp.org #22 ↓1 13 too low 10 Automatic Translator with Google Translate 2K+ · 4.4★ (11) wp.org #6 4 too high 11 Booking Calendar Contact Form 500+ · 3.6★ (32) wp.org #10 1 too high 12 Prisna GWT – Google Website Translator 8K+ · 4.5★ (54) wp.org #21 ↓1 9 too low 13 Linguise – AI Automatic Multilingual Translation 1K+ · 4.9★ (31) wp.org #24 ↓1 11 too low 14 Popup Like box – Page Plugin 100+ · 5.0★ (4) wp.org #9 5 too high 15 Payment Form for PayPal Pro 20+ · 2.7★ (7) wp.org #11 4 too high 16 Persian Kit: Complete Persian/Jalali Pack | پیشرفته‌ترین فارسی ساز وردپرس و ووکامرس 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 ↑4 4 too high 17 Lang Forge – Multilingual, Translation & hreflang SEO 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 4 too high 18 Moradi Author Workspace — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓2 3 too high 19 Holy Quran random verse Multilanguage 40+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #23 ↓1 4 too low 20 Alt Text Generator AI – Automatically generate alt text for images using AI — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 4 too high 21 mazdek AI — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓3 4 too high 22 Howdy World — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓1 4 too high 23 LiraScope — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓1 4 too high 24 Estasoft Name Catalog — · 0.0★ (0) 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.