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

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 “proofread”, we agree with wp.org on the top plugin, and our order differs from theirs on 4 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

zimpliScribe shows at wp.org #9 but places #14 on merit, a gap of 5 places. Its — 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.

merit plugin wp.org
1 Starter Templates: AI-Powered Website Templates for Elementor & Gutenberg 1M+ · 4.9★ (4755) wp.org #1 2 Rublon Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) 400+ · 4.2★ (88) wp.org #4 2 too low 3 WProofreader spell & grammar check plugin for WordPress 4K+ · 3.7★ (15) wp.org #2 1 too high 4 WP Spell Check 2K+ · 2.9★ (39) wp.org #3 1 too high 5 Proofreading 5K+ · 4.0★ (8) wp.org #6 1 too low 6 Text Prompter – Unlimited chatgpt text prompts for openai tasks 70+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #5 1 too high 7 Paca AI – Professional AI Content Assistant & Search — · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #10 3 too low 8 Qalam Arabic AI Writing Assistant Plugin | Qalam 10+ · 4.0★ (4) wp.org #12 4 too low 9 Supertext Translation and Proofreading 70+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #7 2 too high 10 Tidy Draft Share – Shareable Draft Preview Links 50+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #8 2 too high 11 MotaWord Translation 10+ · 5.0★ (2) wp.org #14 3 too low 12 Genolve – AI Business Graphics, Images & Video 100+ · 5.0★ (3) wp.org #23 ↓1 11 too low 13 Prozen AI Proofreader — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #11 2 too high 14 zimpliScribe — · 5.0★ (1) wp.org #9 5 too high 15 Jookas AI Autopilot — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #13 2 too high 16 Rank Monkey — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #15 1 too high 17 SmartCloud AI-Kit – Chatbot and Semantic Search 10+ · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #16 1 too high 18 Lwakit Autoblog — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #17 1 too high 19 Orbis AI Blog Generator — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #18 1 too high 20 Spellmatic — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #19 1 too high 21 Zywrap AI – Excerpts, Meta Descriptions, Alt Text and Rewrites — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #20 1 too high 22 ASB Smart Flow — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #21 ↓1 1 too high 23 DeepFA AI — · 0.0★ (0) wp.org #22 ↓1 1 too high 24 Libration Accessibility Widget, Checker and Real Code Fixes – WCAG and EAA 20+ · 5.0★ (1) 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.