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

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 “narration”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 6 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

Audio Editor & Recorder shows at wp.org #4 but places #11 on merit, a gap of 7 places. Its 100+ installs carry it up the search order; its 3.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

merit plugin wp.org
1 GSpeech TTS – WordPress Text To Speech Plugin 3K+ · 4.8★ (178) wp.org #1 2 Ai Auto Tool Content Writing Assistant All in One 40+ · 4.1★ (8) wp.org #3 1 too low 3 AXIAL Audio Post Narration — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 Text to Speech – TTSWP 200+ · 5.0★ (6) wp.org #6 ↑1 2 too low 5 Check for Broken Links – Broken Link Checker & SEO Suite 1K+ · 4.0★ (6) wp.org #7 ↓1 2 too low 6 WordWave – Text to Speech AI Narration 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #5 ↓1 1 too high 7 VoxAI – AI Text to Speech, Audio & Summary for Posts — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #12 ↓3 5 too low 8 AlitaYoko Conversations 80+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 9 Prime Cache – Page Cache on Activation & One-Click Speed Optimization 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #13 ↓2 4 too low 10 Auto Blogger – Automated AI Blogging 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 ↑9 1 too low 11 Audio Editor & Recorder 100+ · 3.0★ (2) wp.org #4 ↑1 7 too high 12 PDF Rack – 3D Flipbook, PDF Viewer & Embed PDF 20+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 ↑3 3 too high 13 CloudScale SEO AI Optimizer — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #10 ↑9 3 too high 14 W Web Host Pro Blog Tools — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 ↓2 1 too low 15 Myrvento Loyalty for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 ↓2 1 too low 16 Sangar Studio ReadFlow — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 ↓2 1 too low 17 B2V Video by FireBird — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 ↓2 1 too low 18 AkaVoice – AI Article to Podcast — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #14 ↓4 4 too high 19 Podcast-Style Text to Speech – Hi, Moose 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 ↓2 20 BeyondSky Text to Voice — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 ↓2 21 Plato Gallery – Quick and Easy for VR, AR, and Metaverse Galleries 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 22 Page Flipper — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↑1 23 RankBloom – AI Writer, Auto Blog Post Generator & SEO Audit Tool — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #23 ↑1 24 Pub2Player — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #24 ↓2

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.