wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “persian pack”
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 “persian pack”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 9 of the top 20. 3 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
Persian Kit: Complete Persian/Jalali Pack | پیشرفتهترین فارسی ساز وردپرس و ووکامرس shows at wp.org #9 but places #19 on merit, a gap of 10 places. Its 20+ 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
GSpeech TTS – WordPress Text To Speech Plugin places #9 on merit, 4.8★ from 178 reviews, but shows at wp.org #21. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.
All-In-One Security (AIOS) – Security and Firewall 1M+ · 4.7★ (1720)
wp.org #1 2 
SEOPress – AI SEO Plugin & On-site SEO 300K+ · 4.8★ (1267)
wp.org #3 1 too low 3 
Menu Cart for WooCommerce 70K+ · 4.6★ (99)
wp.org #4 1 too low 4 
Real3D Flipbook – 3D Flipbook, PDF Flipbook, PDF Viewer, PDF Embedder 10K+ · 4.5★ (11) thin reviews
wp.org #2 2 too high 5 
Performant Translations 30K+ · 4.9★ (16) thin reviews
wp.org #5 6 
User Frontend – Membership, User Registration, User Profile, User Directory & Content Restriction with Frontend Post Submission 20K+ · 4.1★ (537) throws errorsnot PHP-current
wp.org #7 ↑4 1 too low 7 
WP Menu Cart 8K+ · 4.8★ (23) thin reviews
wp.org #6 1 too high 8 
reCaptcha by BestWebSoft 100K+ · 3.9★ (391)
wp.org #11 ↓1 3 too low 9 GSpeech TTS – WordPress Text To Speech Plugin 3K+ · 4.8★ (178)
wp.org #21 ↓1 12 too low 10 
Multilanguage by BestWebSoft – WordPress Translation Plugin and Language Switcher 3K+ · 3.8★ (92)
wp.org #13 3 too low 11 
YITH WooCommerce Compare 100K+ · 4.1★ (38) throws errorsnot PHP-current
wp.org #8 ↓1 3 too high 12 
EU Withdrawal and Legal Guarantee Compliance 1K+ · 5.0★ (17) thin reviews
wp.org #14 2 too low 13 
Admin Management Xtended 5K+ · 4.6★ (18) throws errorsnot PHP-current thin reviews
wp.org #10 ↓1 3 too high 14 
Captcha by BestWebSoft – Advanced Spam Protection, Math & OCR-Friendly Captcha for Site Forms 10K+ · 4.1★ (21) thin reviews
wp.org #12 2 too high 15 
Comments – GraphComment | AI-Moderated Comment System 400+ · 4.7★ (30)
wp.org #22 ↓1 7 too low 16 
rtMedia for WordPress, BuddyPress and bbPress 7K+ · 3.7★ (152) throws errorsnot PHP-current
wp.org #17 ↓1 1 too low 17 
BestWebSoft's Like & Share – Posts, Pages and Widget Social Extension plugin for WordPress 4K+ · 3.9★ (72)
wp.org #24 ↓1 7 too low 18 
Real Accessibility: Accessibility Widget & Toolbar 1K+ · 4.9★ (7) throws errorsnot PHP-current thin reviews
wp.org #16 ↓1 2 too high 19 Persian Kit: Complete Persian/Jalali Pack | پیشرفتهترین فارسی ساز وردپرس و ووکامرس 20+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews
wp.org #9 ↓1 10 too high 20 
AI Content Creator – Easy ChatGPT powered article generator 400+ · 5.0★ (2) thin reviews
wp.org #15 ↓1 5 too high 21 
Artiman Guard 10+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews
wp.org #18 ↓1 3 too high 22 
Material Dashboard 40+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews
wp.org #19 ↓1 3 too high 23 
BotPenguin – Generative AI Chatbot with Live Chat & ChatGPT 600+ · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews
wp.org #20 ↓1 3 too high 24 
Weight-Based Product Packs for WooCommerce — · 0.0★ (0) thin reviews
wp.org #23 ↓1 1 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.