wp.org search vs our merit ranking: “post translation”
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 “post translation”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 4 of the top 20.
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
Universally – AI Translation & Multilingual SEO: Translate Your Site into 110+ Languages shows at wp.org #11 but places #24 on merit, a gap of 13 places. Its 30K+ installs carry it up the search order; its 5.0★ average from 1 reviews, plus freshness and upkeep, place it lower on our volume-weighted scale.
Buried gem
Translate WordPress with Weglot 2.0 – Multilingual AI Translation places #11 on merit, 4.8★ from 1940 reviews, but shows at wp.org #17. A smaller install base keeps it further down the default search order than its quality signals alone would.
TranslatePress – Translate Multilingual sites with AI Translation 400K+ · 4.7★ (1667)
wp.org #1 2 
Post Types Order 600K+ · 4.5★ (296)
wp.org #2 3 
Yoast Duplicate Post 3M+ · 4.7★ (538)
wp.org #3 4 
Post SMTP – Complete Email Delivery and SMTP Solution with Email Logs, Alerts, Backup SMTP & Mobile App 300K+ · 4.7★ (528)
wp.org #4 5 
Post Views Counter 100K+ · 4.9★ (1238)
wp.org #6 ↑10 1 too low 6 
Simple Custom Post Order 300K+ · 4.8★ (588)
wp.org #5 1 too high 7 
Translate WordPress with GTranslate 900K+ · 4.9★ (4962)
wp.org #9 ↓3 2 too low 8 
Polylang 900K+ · 4.7★ (3004)
wp.org #10 ↑1 2 too low 9 
Post Duplicator 200K+ · 4.8★ (80)
wp.org #7 2 too high 10 
Ultimate Post Kit – Elementor Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider & Blog Layout Widgets 30K+ · 4.8★ (58)
wp.org #8 2 too high 11 Translate WordPress with Weglot 2.0 – Multilingual AI Translation 50K+ · 4.8★ (1940)
wp.org #17 ↓7 6 too low 12 
Post Type Switcher 200K+ · 4.8★ (255)
wp.org #12 13 
Rate My Post – Star Rating Plugin by FeedbackWP 20K+ · 4.7★ (159)
wp.org #13 ↑2 14 
Folders – Unlimited Folders to Organize Media Library Folder, Pages, Posts, File Manager 90K+ · 5.0★ (1526)
wp.org #21 7 too low 15 
Smart Post – Post Grid, Post Carousel, Post Slider Gutenberg Blocks for Blog & News 20K+ · 4.7★ (210)
wp.org #15 ↓1 16 
UpdraftPlus: WP Backup & Migration Plugin 4M+ · 4.8★ (8708)
wp.org #24 ↓3 8 too low 17 
Custom Post Type Permalinks 200K+ · 4.8★ (71)
wp.org #18 ↓1 1 too low 18 
Code Snippets 1M+ · 4.7★ (510)
wp.org #23 ↓10 5 too low 19 
Post Slider and Post Carousel with Post Vertical Scrolling Widget – A Responsive Post Slider 10K+ · 4.7★ (31)
wp.org #19 ↓1 20 
Display Post Types – Post Grid, post list and post sliders 8K+ · 5.0★ (26)
wp.org #20 ↓1 21 
Advanced Post Block – Display Your Posts Exactly How You Want 10K+ · 4.2★ (17) thin reviews
wp.org #22 ↓2 1 too low 22 
Duplicate Post – duplicate pages, copy content, clone posts 5K+ · 4.7★ (7) thin reviews
wp.org #14 8 too high 23 
Ray Enterprise Translation 7K+ · 2.6★ (48)
wp.org #16 7 too high 24 Universally – AI Translation & Multilingual SEO: Translate Your Site into 110+ Languages 30K+ · 5.0★ (1) thin reviews
wp.org #11 ↓2 13 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.