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wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “permalink translator”

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 “permalink translator”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 of the top 20. 4 plugins are 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

Controlled Draft Publisher shows at wp.org #8 but places #23 on merit, a gap of 15 places. Its 300+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 2 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.

Buried gem

Seraphinite Accelerator places #9 on merit, 4.8★ from 476 reviews, but shows at wp.org #16. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Custom Post Type Permalinks 200K+ · 4.8★ (71) wp.org #1 2 Pods – Custom Content Types and Fields 100K+ · 4.8★ (418) wp.org #2 3 WP Rollback – Rollback Plugins and Themes 200K+ · 4.9★ (215) wp.org #3 4 WP-Optimize – Cache, Compress images, Minify & Clean database to boost page speed & performance 1M+ · 4.8★ (2617) wp.org #4 5 Admin and Site Enhancements (ASE) 200K+ · 5.0★ (423) wp.org #5 6 WPML Multilingual & Multicurrency for WooCommerce 100K+ · 4.2★ (454) wp.org #6 7 SportsPress – Sports Club & League Manager 10K+ · 4.7★ (369) wp.org #12 ↓5 5 too low 8 Activity Log – Monitor User and Agent Changes 200K+ · 4.3★ (74) wp.org #9 1 too low 9 Seraphinite Accelerator 50K+ · 4.8★ (476) wp.org #16 ↑2 7 too low 10 Multilanguage by BestWebSoft – WordPress Translation Plugin and Language Switcher 3K+ · 3.8★ (92) wp.org #10 ↑4 11 Linguator – AI Auto Translate & Create Multilingual Sites 3K+ · 4.6★ (20) wp.org #7 ↑3 4 too high 12 WP Customer Area 10K+ · 4.0★ (89) wp.org #13 1 too low 13 WP-DownloadManager 3K+ · 4.0★ (37) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 Social Media Auto Poster – Schedule & Publish to Buffer 7K+ · 4.5★ (125) wp.org #22 8 too low 15 GS Books Showcase – Display Books in Grid, Slider & More | Library for WordPress 500+ · 4.8★ (42) wp.org #19 ↑1 4 too low 16 AutoPoly – AI Translation For Polylang 5K+ · 4.6★ (30) wp.org #17 ↑2 1 too low 17 WP Club Manager – WordPress Sports Club Plugin 600+ · 4.7★ (40) wp.org #21 ↑3 4 too low 18 Bulk Page Generator and Mass Page Builder – Page Generator 3K+ · 4.6★ (70) wp.org #24 6 too low 19 Dynamic AJAX Product Filters for WooCommerce 1K+ · 5.0★ (11) wp.org #14 ↑1 5 too high 20 B Book Review Library 200+ · 4.8★ (16) wp.org #23 3 too low 21 WP-EMail 1K+ · 4.5★ (11) wp.org #15 ↑2 6 too high 22 YITH WooCommerce Badge Management 10K+ · 2.9★ (93) wp.org #18 ↑3 4 too high 23 Controlled Draft Publisher 300+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #8 ↑1 15 too high 24 Universally – AI Translation & Multilingual SEO: Translate Your Site into 110+ Languages 30K+ · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #20 ↑3 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.