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

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 “mandarin”, we and wp.org disagree on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 12 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 the install base is organic or host-pushed, and its risk of being pulled.

Ranked above its merit

Mandarin Supplier Check shows at wp.org #5 but places #10 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its — 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Text To Speech TTS Accessibility 4K+ · 4.8★ (92) wp.org #2 1 too low 2 Delivery & Pickup Date Time for WooCommerce 5K+ · 4.9★ (282) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 Pinyin Slugs 3K+ · 5.0★ (8) wp.org #1 2 too high 4 TotalPoll for Polls and Contests 1K+ · 4.3★ (45) wp.org #6 2 too low 5 Trinity Audio – Text to Speech AI audio player to convert content into audio 2K+ · 4.0★ (25) wp.org #14 9 too low 6 U User Avatar 3K+ · 4.0★ (26) wp.org #19 13 too low 7 SiteNarrator Text-to-Speech Widget 800+ · 4.1★ (9) wp.org #12 ↓1 5 too low 8 Effortless Taiwan Mandarin Helper — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #4 4 too high 9 Falang Q Importer 10+ · 5.0★ (5) wp.org #18 9 too low 10 Mandarin Supplier Check — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 5 too high 11 Addlly AI – AI Content Writer and 1 Click AI Blog Generator — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #11 ↑1 12 Widget for OPIO Reviews 60+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #7 5 too high 13 Nine Star Ki 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 5 too high 14 Chinese horoscope 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #9 5 too high 15 Howdy World — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #10 5 too high 16 Mika AI Chat — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 3 too high 17 Api.co.id GhostWriter 40+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↑1 2 too high 18 M mandarin-pay — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓1 2 too high 19 EffortLess Software Download Recommendation — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too low 20 EffortLess Business Opening Hours — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 1 too low 21 Agentorie Chat 10+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #17 4 too high 22 EffortLess Modular Booking Platform — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 23 Greetings byGosh 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↑1 24 E Eventflow Keyword Extraction — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓1

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.