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

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 “latin”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 8 of the top 20. 1 plugin is 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

Cyrillic 2 Latin shows at wp.org #3 but places #21 on merit, a gap of 18 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Appointment Hour Booking – Booking Calendar places #6 on merit, 4.9★ from 524 reviews, but shows at wp.org #15. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Cyr-To-Lat 300K+ · 4.7★ (98) wp.org #1 2 Cyrlitera – Transliteration of Links and File Names 40K+ · 4.6★ (62) wp.org #2 ↑1 3 Transliterator – Multilingual and Multi-script Text Conversion 3K+ · 4.8★ (96) wp.org #4 ↓2 1 too low 4 پارسی دیت – Parsi Date 100K+ · 4.6★ (130) wp.org #6 ↑1 2 too low 5 Cyr to Lat Enhanced 80K+ · 4.6★ (51) wp.org #7 ↓1 2 too low 6 Appointment Hour Booking – Booking Calendar 10K+ · 4.9★ (524) wp.org #15 ↑2 9 too low 7 Cyr to Lat Reloaded – Transliteration of Links and File Names 30K+ · 4.5★ (15) wp.org #5 2 too high 8 AutoConvert Greeklish Permalinks 40K+ · 4.9★ (26) wp.org #8 9 Custom Permalinks 100K+ · 4.1★ (116) wp.org #11 2 too low 10 Payment Gateway for PayPal on WooCommerce 10K+ · 4.4★ (73) wp.org #9 ↑1 1 too high 11 Disable Comments 1M+ · 4.7★ (281) wp.org #17 6 too low 12 Admin Slug Column 5K+ · 4.9★ (31) wp.org #12 13 R Restrict Usernames Emails Characters 1K+ · 4.5★ (25) wp.org #10 ↑1 3 too high 14 Name Directory 2K+ · 4.9★ (81) wp.org #23 ↓2 9 too low 15 MapGeo – Interactive Geo Maps 30K+ · 4.4★ (65) wp.org #19 ↓4 4 too low 16 morkva UA Shipping – Nova Poshta, Ukrposhta, Rozetka, Nova Global 1K+ · 4.9★ (29) wp.org #16 17 Joli Table Of Contents – Table of Contents with Gutenberg Block & Shortcode 7K+ · 4.9★ (43) wp.org #20 ↑3 3 too low 18 Clean Image Filenames 30K+ · 4.6★ (21) wp.org #18 ↓5 19 B Bulglish Permalinks 3K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #13 ↓4 6 too high 20 ResponsiveVoice Text To Speech 7K+ · 3.9★ (34) wp.org #21 ↓3 1 too low 21 Cyrillic 2 Latin 100+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #3 ↑1 18 too high 22 Greek Multi Tool 1K+ · 4.6★ (9) wp.org #22 ↓9 23 PDF Forms Filler for CF7 3K+ · 4.8★ (13) wp.org #24 ↓5 1 too low 24 Geo to Lat 500+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 ↑1 10 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.