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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “machine translate”

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 “machine translate”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 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

TranslateRocket – Free Multilingual Translation, Unlimited Languages shows at wp.org #12 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 90+ installs carry it up the search order; its 0.0★ average from 0 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Otter Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks, Page Builder for Gutenberg Editor & FSE places #12 on merit, 4.7★ from 251 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 Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4962) wp.org #1 2 Loco Translate 1M+ · 4.8★ (453) wp.org #2 3 TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation 400K+ · 4.7★ (1667) wp.org #3 4 LocoAI – Auto Translate for Loco Translate 70K+ · 4.9★ (642) wp.org #4 5 Translate WordPress – Google Language Translator 100K+ · 4.7★ (620) wp.org #5 6 Polylang 900K+ · 4.7★ (3004) wp.org #7 1 too low 7 WPML Multilingual & Multicurrency for WooCommerce 100K+ · 4.2★ (454) wp.org #11 4 too low 8 ConveyThis AI Multilingual Translation 1K+ · 4.4★ (145) wp.org #10 2 too low 9 Translate and boost SEO – Automatic AI translation – wpLingua 2K+ · 4.9★ (33) wp.org #9 10 AI Translation For TranslatePress 10K+ · 4.8★ (69) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 Automatic Translator with Google Translate 2K+ · 4.4★ (11) wp.org #6 5 too high 12 Otter Blocks – Gutenberg Blocks, Page Builder for Gutenberg Editor & FSE 300K+ · 4.7★ (251) wp.org #23 ↑1 11 too low 13 AutoPoly – AI Translation For Polylang 5K+ · 4.6★ (30) wp.org #17 ↓1 4 too low 14 T Translation with DeepL API 3K+ · 4.0★ (29) wp.org #16 ↓1 2 too low 15 AI 60K+ · 4.2★ (10) wp.org #19 4 too low 16 Ray Enterprise Translation 7K+ · 2.6★ (48) wp.org #24 8 too low 17 LATW AI Translation for WPML 100+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #22 ↓5 5 too low 18 WEB-Translation – eTranslation Multilingual 500+ · 3.7★ (7) wp.org #20 ↑1 2 too low 19 TranslateRocket – Free Multilingual Translation, Unlimited Languages 90+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #12 7 too high 20 AF Translate – AI Translation Editor, PO Editor & POT Generator for WordPress 700+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 7 too high 21 TranslateX for Loco Translate 100+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #14 7 too high 22 AutoLingo — Automatic Translation for Polylang & WPML 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #15 ↑4 7 too high 23 Tranzly™ – AI Translation & Multilingual 7K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #18 5 too high 24 TranslateX for TranslatePress 300+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #21 ↓1 3 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.